"Did You Know?" - October 5, 2012

October 5, 2012 The percentage of teens in high school who reported they drink and drive has decreased by more than half since 1991. Still, one in ten high school teens drinks and drives—that was nearly one million teens in 2011. Effective interventions to reduce teen drinking and driving include enforcement of minimum legal drinking age laws, zero tolerance laws, and graduated driver licensing systems.

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