Mothers Against Drunk Driving
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, is one of America's most popular non-profit organizations. In 1980, a group of women in California came together to voice their outrage at the death of a teenage girl who was killed by a repeat-offender drunk driver. The group included the girl's mother, Candace Lightner. Since the group's inception, more than 2,300 anti-drunk driving laws have been passed.
Candace Lightner left MADD in the 1980s, and has since gone on to criticize the group as "neo-prohibitionist". Lightner stated that MADD “has become far more neo-prohibitionist than I had ever wanted or envisioned … I didn’t start MADD to deal with alcohol. I started MADD to deal with the issue of drunk driving.” -- "MADD struggles to remain relevant", The Washington Times (8/6/02)
Other MADD leaders such as Roz Cappiello and Sandy Kaufman have also spoken out against the 'new' MADD.
See Also
External link
- MADD website (http://www.madd.org/home/)
- The Center for Consumer Freedom (http://www.consumerfreedom.com/issuepage.cfm/topic/1) - food and beverage industry group opposing MADD
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving: A Crash Course in MADD (http://www.alcoholfacts.org/CrashCourseOnMADD.html) - by David J. Hanson, Ph.DTemplate:Org-stub