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MADD?s New Focus: Prohibition

By Lawrence Taylor

 Ok, I guess I’m on another MADD rampage, but the following editorial in the San Francisco Examiner seems to indicate that the tide is turning: MADD’s New Focus: Prohibition San Francisco, CA.  July 27 — Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)  is suffering from mission creep. A victim of its own success, the non-profit group is now pursuing Prohibitionist anti-alcohol policies – such as calling for alcohol detectors in all cars – instead of focusing on its original goal of reducing drunk driving deaths. 'The public needs to realize that MADD isn't the same group it was 20 years ago,' says American Beverage Institute (ABI) Managing Director Sarah Longwell.   MADD founder Candy Lightner agrees...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on July 31, 2010 (boomark / email).