Each day, people drive drunk more than 300,000 times, but only about 2800 are arrested Arrest data: Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States: 2015” https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-29Incidence data: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Adults — United States, 2012.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. August 7, 2015 / 64(30);814-817. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6430a2.
Drunk driving costs each adult in the united states over $500 per year.
Drunk driving costs each adult in the united states over $500 per year. MADD 5th Anniversary Report to the Nation, 2011. http://www.talklikemadd.org/books/statereport/#/4/
An average drunk driver has driven drunk over 80 times before first arrest.
An average drunk driver has driven drunk over 80 times before first arrest. Arrest data: Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Crime in the United States: 2014” https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-29 Incidence data: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Adults — United States, 2012.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. August 7, 2015 / 64(30);814-817. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6430a2.htm
Over a quarter of 8th graders have tried alcohol.
Over a quarter of 8th graders have tried alcohol. Miech, R. A., Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2015). Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2014: Volume I, Secondary school students. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, 599 pp.
Almost half of all drivers who were killed in crashes and tested positive for drugs also had alcohol in their system. Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Illicit Drugs. 2014.
Almost half of all drivers who were killed in crashes and tested positive for drugs also had alcohol in their system. Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Illicit Drugs. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_2688/ShortReport-2688.html
Alcohol levels above the legal limit were found in 21% of such drivers.
Alcohol levels above the legal limit were found in 21% of such drivers. (NHTSA, 2010)
Drunk driving costs the united states $132 billion a year.
Drunk driving costs the united states $132 billion a year. MADD 5th Anniversary Report to the Nation, 2011. http://www.talklikemadd.org/books/statereport/#/4/
MADD has helped save nearly 30,000 young lives through passage of the 21 minimum drinking age law.
MADD has helped save nearly 30,000 young lives through passage of the 21 minimum drinking age law. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Lives Saved in 2011 by Restraint Use and Minimum Drinking Age Laws”. DOT 811 169. Washington DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2012. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811702.pdf
Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults reached all time-high in 2021
August 22, 2022 Image Historic Highs in Past-Year Marijuana and Hallucinogen Use Among Young Adults (Ages 19-30) in 2021. Graph displays percentage prevalence of past-year marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults, ranging from 0% – 50% from years 2011 to 2021, as reported by the 2021 Monitoring the Future panel survey. From 2011 to 2014, past-year marijuana use maintained …
Over 40% of all 10th graders drink alcohol.
Over 40% of all 10th graders drink alcohol. Miech, R. A., Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2015). Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use, 1975-2014: Volume I, Secondary school students. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, 599 pp.