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SADD Facts
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- According to a television news cast several years ago by a Detroit
station , one driver out of
the next five you meet on the
highway has been drinking. After midnight, on a weekend evening, this
can increase to one out of two! Florida
SADD
- Alcohol affects people differently, depending on their size, sex, body
build, and metabolism. Florida SADD
- The costs of youth drinking are an estimated $53 billion annually, and
include costs to society such as medical care costs and lost productivity,
as well as costs to the young drinker such as pain and suffering and loss of
income. Florida SADD
- The cost of unbuckled drivers and passengers goes beyond those killed
and the loss to their families. We all pay for those who don't buckle up -
in higher taxes, higher health care, and higher insurance costs. Florida
SADD
- Every 15 minutes a suicide occurs in the United States. National
Mental Health Awareness Campaign.