IMPAIRED DRIVING (Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Drugs)

WHAT YOU CAN DO

• First and foremost: don’t drink or use drugs. It’s against the law.
• Work in your community to ensure that alcohol purchasing age laws are enforced.
• If your friend is drunk or drug-impaired, don’t let your friend drive.
• Suggest that you or a sober friend drive your alcohol-impaired (or drug-impaired) friend home. Your friend’s car can be picked up at another time.
• Offer to have your impaired friend stay overnight in your home. This may sound inconvenient, but you could be saving your friend’s life or someone else’s.
• Have your friend taken home in a taxi. Pay for the ride yourself. It’s hard to object to a free ride.

• Get help for your friend. Beware of enabling his behavior by regularly covering for him

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