Project Save Our Children Against Drunk Driving

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Project Save Our Children Against Drunk Driving Inc.

Our Mission Statement

Our mission at Project Save Our Children Against Drunk Driving Inc. is to give children the "experience" of drinking and driving without the fatal consequences of a Drunk Driving accident. We provide an educational program like that addresses the issue of driving while intoxicated and driving under the influence of drugs.

Teens that participate in this program have a simulated, real life, hands-on experience of what it feels like to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol. This is done in a controlled environment with interactive software and specially designed equipment. Adults are on hand to supervise and explain the simulated experiences as the teens interact with the programs equipment.

Motivation

As the community educator for United Lifestyles I am constantly looking for programs that would serve the county in which I work and live. In reviewing the statistics for drinking and driving in our county (Montcalm) and our state (Michigan) I became convinced that this type of program was just what was needed. Any program which allows safe, hands-on experience for teenagers and adults and encourages educated thinking when it comes to drinking and driving was worth investing time and energy into. I am already seeing positive results and am excited at the great potential this program has to offer.

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Drunk Driving, The Need For Change

Changing the way our children think and react to situations that involve drinking and driving and driving under the influence of drugs, will help to prevent needless tragedies. This changed way of thinking may save their lives, and possibly the lives of every other driver and pedestrian they encounter while behind the wheel of an automobile. We offer our program to any community to help in teaching and guiding teenagers about behaviors, life choices. With experience to draw from, the strong influential role of peer pressure will be weakened when teens make decisions involving drinking and driving and impaired driving due to drugs.

Drunk Driving: Know the Facts

Myth: Alcohol affects everyone the same way.
Fact: Many factors affect reactions to alcohol, including body weight, mental state, and time of the day or night. Young people are more negatively affected by alcohol and other drugs then adults because their minds and body’s are still developing.

Myth: Beer will not do permanent damage.
Fact: All forms of alcohol present the same risk for the mind and body.
A beer contains the same amount of alcohol found in a glass of wine, a wine cooler, a shot of whiskey, or the average mixed drink.

- Alcohol is the most abused drug in the United States. It contains a
drug called ethanol, a depressant that slows down brain activity,
reflexes and other physical skills.

- Recent medical research has shed light on what happens
to the brain when a teens drinks alcohol.

- Since their brains are still developing, teens that drink are more likely to
significantly lower their mental abilities.

- The part of the brain most at risk appears to be the hippocampus, a structure responsible for learning and memory. Also at risk is the prefrontal cortex, an area responsible for decision making.

- It takes half as much alcohol to affect and damage the teen’s brain
as it does to the adult brain.

Long term Risks:

- Lowered immune system and increased risk of diseases

- Cancer of the mouth and throat

- Cirrhosis of the liver, a disease that is often fatal

- Permanent drain damage

- High blood pressure

- Kidney failure

- Cancer of the pancreas

- Painful stomach ulcers

- Weakened heart muscles and bones