A Review of Youth-alcohol Traffic Crashes in Alabama
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چکیده
As part of their youth-alcohol program, the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs requested a special study to focus on the development of Youth-DUI countermeasures. By way of definition, the word alcohol will be used in a generic way to include DUI caused by both alcohol and/or drugs. Alcohol is, by far, the drug of choice throughout the population, but particularly with those who are young drivers. Thus, the use of the word alcohol to refer to all accidents involving drugs probably conveys a fairly accurate image. Further, youth will refer to all drivers of age 20 years or less.
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