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MADD's Silver Anniversary Cause for Celebrating Lives

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Thanks to MADD and its partners . The red ribbon "Tie One On For
Safety" public awareness campaign launched in 1986 and is MADD's most
recognizable and longest running national campaign.

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* Alcohol-related traffic fatalities have decreased by 44 percent since
1980. MADD is a 501 (c)(3) charity
with approximately 600 affiliates nationwide, plus affiliates in Canada,
Japan, Puerto Rico and Sweden. WASHINGTON, Data from 29 states and other
jurisdictions indicate that four out of five current retirees in substance
abuse treatment needed treatment for alcohol as their primary substance of
abuse in 2003.8 million annual admissions to
substance abuse treatment facilities, primarily those that receive some public
funding.

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Retirees in Treatment More Likely to Abuse Alcohol than Drugs

Health care
providers tend not to ask older patients about alcohol abuse if it wasn't a
problem in their lives in earlier years.S.

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"Alcohol abuse among older adults is something few want to talk about or
deal with," said SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie.

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"MADD's silver anniversary is a perfect opportunity to remember that every
action our volunteers and staff, along with law enforcement, legislators,
community leaders, moms and dads, brothers and sisters, take to fight drunk
driving saves lives and prevents injuries," says Glynn R.
* As one of the leading crime victim assistance organizations in the
nation, MADD served more than 31,000 victims/survivors of drunk
driving in 2004, and this year increased its potential to assist
victims/survivors with the establishment of a 24-hour national
helpline, 1-877-MADD-HELP. Sometimes the symptoms are mistaken
for those of dementia, depression , or other problems common to older adults. The report is available on the web at http://www.

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Birch, MADD's new
and first male national president.

"The real success is that we have made the drunk driving issue real and
personal by bringing the stories of the countless victims/survivors to the
forefront of the nation's consciousness ," adds Birch.
For more information on MADD's history and 25th anniversary activities,
visit http://www. They
were also less likely to report cocaine (4 percent versus 14 percent for
others ); marijuana (3 percent versus 18 percent); or stimulants, including
methamphetamine, (1 percent versus 6 percent) as their primary substance of
abuse.

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"As we celebrate lives
saved, we also honor the lives ended and injured as a result of a 100 percent
preventable crime.
MADD's mission is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this
violent crime and prevent underage drinking.
Unfortunately , too many older persons turn to alcohol as a comfort, following
the death of a spouse, a divorce , retirement, or some other major life change,
unaware that they are markedly affecting the quality of their lives.gov.

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Officially established September 5, 1980, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
has helped save more than 300,000 lives since its inception. "One of the 300,000 lives we have helped
save may have been your own.08 percent blood alcohol
concentration (BAC), enacted in every state this year. Hundreds of MADD volunteers, along with current and past MADD
presidents and Federal leaders will gather in the shadow of the Capitol Dome
to honor this milestone and release new information about the public's
attitudes on drunk driving."
Only 5 percent of retirees in treatment in the 29 states reported use of
opiates, either heroin or prescription narcotic pain medications, as their
primary substance of abuse, compared to 13 percent of other admissions.

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The states reporting data on retirees were Alaska, Alabama, Colorado, the
District of Columbia , Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.

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A half a
million others are injured each year. To find your local chapter, visit
http://www.org/25 . This is a far higher proportion reporting alcohol (80 percent
of retirees in treatment) than for all other admissions to treatment in these
states (44 percent).

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* The Federal 21 minimum drinking age law was passed 21 years ago,
saving more than 19,000 lives since becoming law in 1984. at the Upper Senate Park (Louisiana + D
Streets). Department of Health and
Human Services, is the lead federal agency for improving the quality and
availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment and mental
health services in the United States.

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madd . Persons who were retired in 2003 and in substance abuse treatment were
less likely to report a secondary substance of abuse (17 percent) than for
other admissions (52 percent).
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These findings were released today in a report by the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) from
continued analysis of the 2003 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).

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Mothers Against Drunk Driving Turns 25 + Celebrates the 300,000 Lives Saved by
Countermeasures

DALLAS, Think back 25 years to 1980 . Still today, someone dies about every 30 minutes in an alcohol-
related crash, accounting for nearly 17,000 deaths annually.oas.

SAMHSA, a public health agency within the U.

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And , a group of women
whose lives were devastated by the impact of drunk driving formed an
organization that would forever change the societal fabric of our nation.

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"Too often family
members are ashamed of the problem and choose not to address it.

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* "Designated driver" is now a household term ."
To commemorate its 25th anniversary, MADD will hold a celebratory rally on
September 29th in Washington, D.samhsa.

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