DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001803590002-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 28, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2008/01/14: CIA-RDP85M00364RO01803590002-7
 Approved For Release 2008/01/14: CIA-RDP85M00364RO01803590002-7 - --~
December 28, 1983
SUBJECT: Drunk and Drugged Driving
As we bring this year to a close in holiday celebration, I
want to call to your attention the serious problem of drunk
and drugged driving. It is one of the leading causes of.
violent death in our Nation.
Each year we-lose over 25,000. lives, injure over 700,000
Americans and suffer billions of dollars in economic costs due
to this problem. 500 Americans die each week -- 71 each .
day -- that's one American death every 20 minutes. Every one
of these casualties is someone's son or daughter, husband or
wife, mother, father, or friend.
Communities nationwide have responded to this menace by
organizing such groups as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
and Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID). Task forces. in many
cities and States are working to solve this problem. Private
sector programs alerting employees to the drunk and drugged
driving problem are multiplying. Legislators, spurred by
concerned citizens, are making changes in laws to reduce the
loss of life and injury caused by drunk and drugged driving.
We as Federal employees have an important role to play in
removing the drunk and drugged drivers from our roads. Your
heightened awareness, coupled with your continued commitment
to halt this needless death and destruction, can make a
difference, particularly during the holiday season.
I hope your resolutions for the New Year will include not
-mixing alcohol or drugs with driving, driving defensively at
all times, and wearing your safety belts regularly --- your
best defense against the drunk and drugged driver.
Together we can make this holiday season a truly joyous one
and the coming year the safest one yet on our roadways.
Approved For Release 2008/01/14: CIA-RDP85M00364RO01803590002-7