Driving under the influence of alcohol or marijuana has increased in recent years. Around 17% of teens say they’ve been a passenger of a driver who wasn’t sober, and the results can be deadly. One school is trying to educate teenagers and curb impaired driving.
Every day, about 37 people in the United States die in drunk driving car crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That’s one person every 39 minutes. And the price tag is significant: a staggering $58 billion in medical expenses, legal costs and lost productivity due to premature death.
Among U.S. children, car crashes are the leading cause of death, with more than 156,000 young people injured in alcohol-related crashes in 2022.