According to a report issued by SAMHSA (National Household Survey on Drug Abuse), strict licensing laws are helping to lower the incidence of teenagers driving drunk. The survey was modified in 2002 and is now called the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The...
Every day there is a tragedy involving a student who drives drunk. There is an organization that meets frequently to attempt to reduce the student drinking population, through education of the hazards of this dangerous addiction. This group, SADD, which orginally...
Practice What You Preach: Safe Driving Habits for Parents & Teens Hypocrisy can be the downfall of effective parenting. Swearing is outlawed in your house, yet you may let an obscenity slip here and there. You lecture your teen on your zero tolerance for alcohol...
Preventing drunk driving should be an important focus of all parents. Last year, over 17,000 students were involved in alcohol related traffic crashes and hundreds were killed, including drivers and passengers. Nobody wants to see their child go to jail, or be injured...
Study Reveals Something More Dangerous Than Driving Intoxicated Drinking and driving greatly impairs a driver’s ability, yet there exists something even worse than being intoxicated behind the wheel. Texting. It’s a seemingly harmless task, but creates an...
Mock Crashes Show Teens Danger of Drunk Driving Every 90 seconds, someone is injured in a drunk driving crash, and every 53 minutes someone dies in a drunk driving crash, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Paramedics and educators around the country...
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