Drinking and driving is a serious problem and causes many deaths each year. Add drugs to that equation and you get an even deadlier combination. On a more personal level, drunk driving deaths can change people's lives forever. A drunk driving death is so emotionally powerful because it suddenly takes the life of a human being through easily preventable means. Unfortunately for me and for many of my loved ones, I had to live through this experience. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay I'm not going to go into depth about the dangers of drunk driving because they're pretty obvious; drunk driving causes death. In 2013, there were a total of 32,719 automobile-related deaths in the United States1. In the same year, there were 10,076 deaths related to drunk driving2; this means that 30.79%, or about a third of automobile-related deaths, were also related to drunk driving. A larger, less apparent problem with drunk driving is the mixing of drugs and alcohol and the potential harm that can result. When you mix alcohol with drugs, it usually exaggerates the effects of both substances. For example, drinking alcohol and taking Adderall alone cause behavioral changes and other problems, and when mixed, all these abnormal changes in the body are multiplied. Alcohol is a depressant and Adderall is a stimulant and when mixed the two substances fight each other in the body. Drinking addy delays the effects of alcohol and may cause the user to think they can drink more. This can easily lead to excessive drinking, alcohol poisoning, and risky behaviors. Alcohol and drug prevention is another important social problem that can be better avoided. “Drugs and alcohol are bad and I will never use them.” (All the little children ever). While this isn't an actual quote I've received from every kid in the history of the world, it's generally true now for the past few days. For the past 30 years3, America has attempted to prevent young people, usually children in the 12th grade of Kingergarden, from using drugs and drinking alcohol. Although programs like DARE are generally effective with younger people in this group, they are not as effective with high school students. As America, we use many scare tactics to try to steer children away from drug and alcohol use. This might work in the early years of high school, like freshman and sophomores, but as students get older and are exposed to these substances, there's a good chance they'll start experimenting with them. This is not an unusual thing, children should be expected to experiment with drugs and alcohol. Everyone was their age at some point and experienced the same situations. So, instead of trying to completely terrify these impressionable teens, I believe a program similar to DARE, focused on how to be smart about drugs and alcohol, would be more reasonable with teens. This way, we could have peace of mind knowing that if our young people start using drugs and alcohol, they know the dangers and know how to use them safely. Alongside the more technical and broader issues surrounding drunk driving and the use of.