We need to get away from this everyone drinks mentality, intervention to our youth telling them that drinking and driving is wrong and that there are other social things that they could do. Our youth need to get involved in decision making skills that will help them determine when not to drink and drive. Hospital based therapy This should work. The people get to interact with a film on real drunk and driving situations. They get to see real life experiences as a hands on approach to drinking and driving.
Teens also get to see the trauma unit where people are recovering from injuries.
A discussion is also held with a patient who was in an alcohol related crash. A prevention program Students interact with the problem of drunk driving. Students conduct skits on how friends can stop a drunk driver, and are invited to join the Highway Safety Club meeting. This program is effective because it teaches students to role-play to find ways to stop a friend from driving drunk. The skills these youngsters learn are rewarding and they can be done in 45 minutes.