MADD Canada and NL Liquor Corporation team up to launch school program

    Monday, 21 October 2024 07:00

    By Tonya Organ

    These educational one-hour presentations reach thousands of students across the country with the aim to reduce impaired driving among young people by delivering a powerful message about its impact.

    Road crashes are a leading cause of death among Canadian youth, with alcohol, cannabis and/or other drugs involved in over half of those crashes. MADD Canada has partnered with the NL Liquor Corporation and launched its 2024-2025 School Program.  Dawn Regan is the Chief Operating Officer with MADD Canada. She says these life-saving and sober messages are delivered to intermediate and  high school students. Regan  says these educational one-hour presentations reach thousands of students across the country with the aim to reduce impaired driving among young people by delivering a powerful message about its impact. For more information go maddyouth.ca/school-program/. 

     

     

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