IMPAIRED DRIVING (Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Drugs)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
RESOURCES
The Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Victims of Crime, and Bureau of Justice Statistics, all within the Department of Justice, engage in activities that focus on impaired driving as a crime
and/or the relationship of alcohol and crime.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bja
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
The Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control conducts research on injury prevention, including alcohol-related injuries and fatalities, as a public health problem.
www.cdc.gov/ncipc
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
www.nhtsa.dot.gov
Support NHTSA’s “You Drink & Drive. You Lose.” campaign. To find out more, visit www.stopimpaireddriving.org.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
www.niaaa.nih.gov
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) conducts scientific studies of drug abuse and addiction.
www.nida.nih.gov
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, within
the Department of Justice, oversees the Enforcing Underage
Drinking Laws program. This program, mandated by Congress, provides funding, training, and technical assistance to help states and communities reduce the sale of alcohol to minors.
www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
The Office of the Surgeon General focuses the nation’s attention on matters of public health and welfare and has implemented initiatives to counter drunk driving and underage drinking.
www.surgeongeneral.gov/index.html
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) improves the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illness.
www.samhsa.gov
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
www.sadd.org
For more information about the dangers of drugged driving, visit
www.theantidrug.com/news/dd_facts.html
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