MADD announced Friday they are teaming up with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to launch a national coordinated effort to reach out to the underserved poly-abuse (both alcohol and drugs) and drugged driving victims in the country. MADD reports that, although drunk driving remains one of the primary threats on America’s roadways, killing 11,000 each year, driving under the influence often involves both alcohol and drugs, or drugs alone. The organization is teaming up to combat the following statistics according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
- Roughly one in eight weekend, nighttime drivers tested positive for illicit drugs.
- In 2009, of the drivers who were killed in motor vehicle crashes, one in three tested positive for drugs.
- Once in ten high school seniors self-reported that in the last two weeks they had driven a car after using marijuana.
For more information about this campaign or to gather more information about drugged or poly-abuse driving please visit their website at http://www.MADD.org
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