1) There were three national strategies to combat impaired driving that was presented by Chuck Hayes. ... Strategy three is screening and brief intervention which would question if a person is at risk 2) The legal definition of impaired driving is if you can be found guilty of drunk driving, also called driving while intoxicated (DWI) or driving under the influence (DUI), if the state can prove either that you are legally intoxicated while driving, meaning that your body shows alcohol levels above a state-mandated limit. ... The injuries of the occupants should match up to where they ended u...

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The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 years old and young adults should be allowed to drink in controlled environments such as restaurants, taverns, pubs, and official school and university functions. ... It should also be pointed out that massive education efforts about the perils of drinking and driving were supported by groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the alcohol industry, and state governments around the same time that the drinking age laws came into effect. ... The study also found that the magnitude of the drinking and driving problem decreased significan...

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Their have been many deaths around the country from DWI's (Driving While Intoxicated). ... Now Jason spends his life going around the country and talking to students and parents about teenage drunk driving. ... One of these organizations is called S.A.D.D. also known as Student's Against Drunk Driving or Student's Against Destructive Decisions. There is a chapter of this organization located in our own Miller Place High School. ... Some of the statistics cited by S.A.D.D. are that more than five million high schoolers binge drink at least once a month, and four out of ever...

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Driving always should be done with a clear mind. ... In this paper I will attempt to give reasons and statistics about driving under the influence. I hope by the end of this paper I will have shown that everybody should take great care when driving. ... Four our of every five (80%) students have consumed alcohol (more than a few sips) by the end of high school. ... I do not have a drivers' license yet but I will not ever risk lives by drinking and driving. ...

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By the time most teens reach high school, nearly all will have faced a choice about whether or not to drink alcohol. ... At school you can tell who drinks alot and who doesnt. ... His friends miss school alot because they are always hungover. ... Drinking and driving is dangerous to yourself and others around you. The penalty for drinking and driving is Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). ...

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., Are you Driving your Children to Drink? ... ; New York ; Oxford University Press, 1982 Brett Potter Education Paper April 30, 1999 Alcohol use by teenagers Alcohol use by High School and middle school or Junior high school kids is on the rise. ... In high school on the other hand the administration has to take notice. High school kids are supposed to be a safe environment inside their school, if the use of alcohol is being done on school property the teachers and faculty must take action. ... This is a major problem...

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Impaired driving laws have changed significantly in thirty-six years. ... Being convicted of impaired driving law entailed a one-year revocation of license. ... Impaired driving laws and consequences were less structured and stiff as the laws are today and this proves that the impaired driving laws have changed dramatically in thirty-six years. ... To be subject of forfeiture, the person convicted of impaired driving must have been driving with a license that was revoked at the time. ... The consequences of impaired driving in 1990 compared to 1966 and 2000 prove the fact that impaired...

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This law or penalty was enacted to prevent drunken driving accidents among inexperienced young adults. ... In high school I was always the sober driver, and drove to some pretty weird places. ... Middle school kids drink, high school kids drink and college kids drink. ... In Europe, drinking is not a big deal to high school and college kids. ... Raising the driving age and lowering the drinking age would generate various problems. ...

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And keeping it at 21 is an effective in preventing alcohol related deaths and injuries among youth, there has also been a dramatic decrease in drinking and driving problems as well but its not just the rise in drinking age the at has lowered the drinking and driving rate its also education concerning drunk driving, designated driver program, increased seat belt and air bag usage, safer automobiles, and lover speed limits. ... I think that the drinking age should be lowered to 18 or 19 and to permit people of legal age to drink in socially controlled environments such as restraints, bars, t...

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Some reasons that first come to mind of why the legal drinking age is 21 are; it might save lives by keeping people from drinking and driving, because if people could drink at the age of 19 then there would be more people drinking and driving, which would increase the risk of drinking related accidents. ... When someone is 18 they are still in high school and are somewhat immature and if they could drink then it would make it much easier for younger high school students to obtain and consume alcohol, thus increasing alcohol related automobile accidents. ... Once a student is out of high schoo...

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Alcohol is a drug chosen by young adults; many of them are experiencing the consequences of drinking and driving at an early age. ... Thats why there are so many car accidents of underage drunk driving. The effects of underage drunk driving are that there are about 10.8 million underage drunk drivers in the United States. ... Some teens young adults tend to experience symptoms of blackouts, passing out, craving, poor coordination, risky sexual behavior and dropping out of school because of their low grades. ... Driving while impaired is a big effect on adolescents and young adults because they...

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By the time most teens reach senior high school, nearly all will have faced a choice about whether or not to take a drink. ... Kids who are drinking regularly in high school seem to be fully aware of the penalties and laws against underage drinking, possession but don't care. They agree that driving while intoxicated is a key role in fatal car accidents, yet they still do it. ...

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One of the most well known organizations that promote awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving is MADD [Mothers Against Drunk Driving]. ... Another well known organization is SADD [Students Against Drunk Driving]. This organization is in many high schools, junior high schools, and middle schools. ...

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America already has laws against drunk driving and drunken violence. ... The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 and young adults should be allowed to drink in controlled environments such as restaurants, taverns, pubs, bars and official school and university functions. ... Whether it is driving around in a car, sneaking it into a friends basement or just a plain old frat party, underage drinking is bound to happen. ... Lowering the drinking age would not only prevent teenagers from driving around in their cars to drink, but it would also make a lot more sense. ...

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By the time these young people are high school seniors, more than 80% have used alcohol and approximately 62% have been drunk. ... To name a few, you could get suspended from school and all extracurricular activities, revoking of ones license, and greatly increased auto insurance. ... If you are caught while intoxicated you are subject to loss or postponement of driving for 30 to 90 days, 15 to 30 days of community service and participation in an alcohol education and highway safety course. Some first time penalties are: A fine of $250 to $400 Imprisonment for up to 30 days 6 months t...

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Illegalizing alcohol in the United states impedes innocent people from being in danger of an alcoholic because it decreases the chances of driving to a certain destination intoxicated, decreases the major role alcohol plays in more than half the automobile accidents, and diminishes domestic violence such as sexual harassment and rape. ... Alcohol causes much havoc in places such as schools, the workplace, neighborhoods, and society as a whole. ... Drinking and driving is dangerous to yourself and others around you. ... Illegalizing alcohol diminishes the rate at which DUI (driving under the i...

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Today, most young adults start drinking early in their high school years at social gatherings. ... Another think to think about is that today's teenagers attend school, have jobs, make time for homework, participate in extracurricular activities, and deal with unexpected obstacles that life present, all in the course of a 24 hour day. ... Another never-ending cycle seems to be drunk driving. Every single injury and death caused by drunk driving is totally preventable. ... At age eighteen, teens are trying to prove a lot of things at school, home or with friends. ...

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Certain driving skills, such as steering a car and responding to changes in traffic, can be impaired by blood alcohol concentrations as low as .02 percent. The more alcohol someone drinks, the more impaired that person's driving skills will be impaired. ... Although these are high, impairment of driving skills begin at much lower levels. ... They quickly adapt to the alcohol, and their perceptions of the intoxication end up to be the same as the others. (#2) Besides having problems with alcohol, most of the children live with persuasive tension and stress, have higher levels of anxiety or...

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"A survey by the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study indicates that 52.3% of those college students, who chose to drink, drink to get drunk. 41.5% of college students who drink alcohol reported usually binging when they drank" ( James Hall of the H.S.P.C). It is surprising how many high school students and college students are unsure about the legal drinking age. ... Armed with hard evidence that alcohol consumption by teens lead to more driving accidents, citizen advocacy groups pushed states to restore the legal drinking age limit to 21. ... The second study ...

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Drunk driving crashes and alcohol- related fatalities occurred causing more than 10 states to change the legal age for drinking back to 21 by 1983. ... Lack of parental supervision is a known factor, since many parents are working and out of the home until late for many reasons such as school or grocery shopping. ... According to research in the United States, more than 13,000 High School teens take their first drink at the party, of their friends, unattended from adults. Statistics from CDC states that roughly 75% of high school students have tried alcohol and about 26% of teen have had rece...

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Most high school and college age students are classified as binge drinkers because they can go all week without drinking and on the weekends consume a large quantity of alcohol at one time. ... Children of alcoholics often show signs of depression, anxiety, and behavior disorders, and often have difficulty in school. ... Every year 25,000 Americans die and 40,000 young adults become disfigured from alcohol related crashes due to drunk driving. ...

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They feel that Beer has a very negative impact on people's health, social functions, drunken driving and young people. ... The winery pays 13 percent to the school lunch fund plus 6.75% sales tax plus 30 % markup to the state. ...

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The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 and young adults should be allowed to drink in controlled environments such as restaurants, taverns, pubs and official school and university functions. ... Our lawmakers should introduce legislation for stricter drunk driving laws and our educator's implement drinking education programs in our schools. ...

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A sixteen year old must sit through training classes, take a written test, and take a driving test. ... If the drinking age was lowered, maybe a senior in high school should be permitted to take a course that offers an outline of how to be responsible when choosing to use alcohol. ... As revealed by Maryland Underage Drinking Prevention Coalition "87 percent of high school seniors have used alcohol", and according to the NCADD, "32 percent of 12th graders have been drunk during the last month". ...

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Making alcohol legal would open up a large window to back up the Drink Responsibly Code by not forcing teenagers to drink and attempt to hide it by driving themselves. ... After high school all a student has to look forward to is a lifetime of dedication and work. ...

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