2010-02-25 / News

Tips for teens

By Family Connection

You’re at a party and people have been drinking. “Let’s go,” says a friend-the one you know has been drinking. What can you do? These tips below may save a friend’s life or your own.

Remember that no one is safe from drunk driving. Every 31 minutes someone dies in an alcohol-related crash. That’s a lot of friends, classmates and family members.

You don’t have to feel drunk – drinking coffee or going for a walk doesn’t make it safer to drive after drinking.

If you are around alcohol you have options. You don’t have to drink even if other people are.

If your friend insists on driving explain that drunk driving is a serious crime.

Whatever you do don’t get in the car. If your friend insists on driving, don’t go along

Call for a lift.

When nothing else works, take the car keys. Your friends may be mad but he or she will thank you later.

Funded by DHR Georgia Department of Public Health/Substance Abuse Prevention and Behavioral Development.

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