Drunking and driving: issues facing teenagers

Drinking and driving is a very important social issue. The most obvious reason drinking and driving is such a frequent topic is because it causes death. "An estimated 513,000 people are injured in alcohol-related crashes each year, an average of 59 people per hour or approximately one person every minute" (NHTSA, 2002). Driving drunk puts not only the driver in danger but also everybody else in the car and everybody on the road at the same time. A …

…Drug Strategies, 1999).Drinking and driving is a very serious issue that must be addressed, and the only way of doing so is advertising the consequences through the mass media. The message is simple and clear; don't Drink and Drive. Drunk driving was defined as a problem located within individuals. Drunk driving is illegal in every state. And not only, you put yourself in risk of an accident but everybody with you and in the road.