MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING

CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE DRUNK DRIVING DRIVER IMPAIRMENT BY ALCOHOL OR DRUGS IS A CHRONIC PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, KILLING MORE THAN 12,000 IN 2023 IN THE U.S. IMPAIRED DRIVING IS A PROBLEM THAT TRANSCENDS TRANSPORTATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND CLINICAL CARE SYSTEMS. DESPITE ITS PERSISTENT NATURE, THE PROBLEM IS NOT INTRACTABLE. THERE ARE MANY EXISTING EVIDENCE-BASED AND PROMISING STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IMPAIRED DRIVING; HOWEVER, A COORDINATED, MULTILEVEL APPROACH ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS IS REQUIRED TO ACCELERATE CHANGE. ACROSS OUR 45-YEAR HISTORY, MADD HAS WORKED TO SOLVE THE DEFINING PROBLEMS OF IMPAIRED DRIVING. TODAY'S CHALLENGES ARE DEFINED BY LARGE, INTERSECTING ISSUES THAT IMPERIL DECADES OF DEVELOPMENT GAINS. TO DRIVE PROGRESS, MADD ALIGNS ON SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND ADOPTS NEW STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THEM ACROSS ALL 50 STATES AND PUERTO RICO WHERE WE WORK. MADD IS ON THE FRONT LINES, CHANGING POLICY AND LEGISLATION THAT CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER FOR GENERATIONS TO COME BY PREVENTING DRUNK AND IMPAIRED DRIVING, FROM THE 1984 MINIMUM DRINKING AGE LAW SIGNED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN, TO THE 2000 .08 BAC MEASURE SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON AND TO THE HALT ACT SIGNED AS PART OF THE 2021 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT BY PRESIDENT BIDEN- AN UNPRECEDENTED AND AMBITIOUS FEDERAL MANDATE THAT COULD REDUCE IMPAIRED DRIVING DEATHS BY MORE THAN 90 PERCENT BY REQUIRING THAT ALL NEW PASSENGER VEHICLES BE EQUIPPED WITH DRIVER IMPAIRMENT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. MADD IS LEADING THE WORK TO ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS EVIDENCE-BASED TECHNOLOGY IN CARS THAT WILL ELIMINATE DRUNK DRIVING. MADD CONTINUES TO LEAD GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO ENACT MORE THAN 200 STATE LAWS THAT INCLUDE PROTECTING FAIR AND JUST HIGH VISIBILITY TRAFFIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENT, AND ADVOCATING FOR IGNITION INTERLOCKS FOR ALL OFFENDERS, TO SUPPORTING STATE EFFORTS FOR A .05 BAC, TO BENTLEY'S LAW WHICH ENABLES SURVIVING CHILDREN ACCESS TO FINANCIAL REMUNERATION AFTER THE DEATH OR INJURY OF A PARENT FROM A DRUNK OR DRUGGED DRIVING CRASH. MADD COMMUNITY BASED ACTIVISTS ARE WORKING TO PASS LAWS THAT PREVENT IMPAIRED DRIVING AND PROTECT ROAD USERS WHERE THEY LIVE AND WORK. MADD IS ALSO CHANGING THE PERCEPTION OF DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING, FRAMING IT NOT AS AN "ACCIDENT" BUT AS A CRASH AND A VIOLENT CRIME.

UNDERAGE PREVENTION MADD'S UNDERAGE DRINKING AND OTHER DRUG USE EDUCATION + PREVENTION PROGRAMS WERE DEVELOPED BASED ON EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH. THE PRESENTATIONS ARE TAUGHT BY A TRAINED AND CERTIFIED MADD FACILITATOR. OUR POWER OF PARENT PROGRAM EMPOWERS AND ENCOURAGES PARENTS AND CARING ADULTS TO HAVE ONGOING, INTENTIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE YOUTH IN THEIR LIVES ABOUT THE DANGERS AND CONSEQUENCES OF UNDERAGE SUBSTANCE USE. OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS - POWER OF YOU(TH) AND POWER OF ME! - CONTAIN DEVELOPMENTALLY AGE-APPROPRIATE CONTENT WITH SEVERAL ENGAGING ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT TO PROMOTE STUDENTS' OWNERSHIP OF THE INFORMATION AND TO REINFORCE THE SKILLS TAUGHT DURING THE PRESENTATION. MADD'S UNDERAGE SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROGRAMS CREATE A TOTAL COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION BY EMPOWERING PARENTS, YOUTH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND CONCERNED CITIZENS TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM OF UNDERAGE DRINKING AND OTHER DRUG USE, WHICH IS MADD'S ULTIMATE PREVENTION TOOL IN CREATING THE GENERATION THAT WILL END SUBSTANCE-IMPAIRED DRIVING. IN 2024, A PARENT OR TEEN WAS EDUCATED BY MADD ON UNDERAGE SUBSTANCE USE EVERY 3 MINUTES WITH A TOTAL COMBINED PROGRAM OUTREACH OF 170,034.