STUDENTS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING SADD STUDENTS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING SADD HEALTH/SAFETY INTEREST GROUPS REFORM MOVEMENTS AMERICAN CULTURE ESTABLISHED 1981 PURPOSE TO STOP DRUNK DRIVING UNDERAGE DRINKING AND DRUG ABUSE AMONG YOUTH MEMBERS 50 STATE GROUPS 25000 LOCAL GROUPS COMPRISING SEVERAL MILLION STUDENTS AT ANY GIVEN TIME THIS NATIONAL STUDENT GROUP AIMS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF ISSUES RELATED TO DRUNK DRIVING AMONG PEOPLE AGES 15 TO 24 FOR WHOM MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ALCOHOL ARE A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH SADD'S BRANCHES OPERATE IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ITS ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MAINTAINING A SPEAKERS BUREAU AND PUBLISHING INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLETS DESPITE THE SIMILAR GOALS AND ACRONYMS SADD IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH MADD MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING THE ORGANIZATION HAS MANY PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING SADD IN THE COLLEGE SADD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SADD UPDATE NOTE LOCAL CHAPTERS ARE ALLOWED TO APPLY THE SADD ACRONYM TO SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS STUDENTS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING OR STUDENTS AGAINST DOING DRUGS AS LONG AS THE GROUP RETAINS THE BASIC OBJECTIVES OF SADD
