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a history of impaired driving prevention

Chicago blogger Matt Maldre posted a link to attention-getting prevention literature about impaired driving. The unique aspect to these publications is that they are nearly 80 years old. As Maldre points out “I often think of the battle against drunk driving to be an effort in the past 20 years,” a sentiment that many people [...]

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The teen drinking epidemic can be ironic

The poem referenced in Shawn McMaster’s blog post Poetry for a Cause on the Straight Up blog, goes, in part: I went to a party, And remembered what you said. You told me not to drink, Mom, so I had a Sprite instead … I got into my car, Sure to get home in one [...]

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