Looking at our past failures we decided to take a unique approach to improve our educational efforts aimed at alcohol in the high schools. We spoke to several classes at different schools to find out if our existing programs had an impact on their use of alcohol. They told us that existing programs had no effect. We then asked what elements would need to be included in a program to have an effect on their use of alcohol. The DRY2K program was developed specifically to contain all of the elements that the students that assisted us said needed to be in an effective program.
Students then participate in a hands-on demonstration of the effects of intoxication.
Finally, they view and hear real life stories of teenage victims who were killed in alcohol related crashes. This is a well-rounded program, which is both informative and emotional. The theme of the educational program is choices and responsibilities . This portion emphasizes the penal consequences of possession of alcohol or drinking and driving. This section is very emotional and ties all the sections together, it makes the student realize that it might not be the person next to them that gets killed, but the person in their chair.