f. Educate future drivers (youth). Pew research shows that 75% want legalized marijuana. This issue is coming to even conservative states. MADD should be on the front end of this issue, addressing millennials and youth, possibly even using a young victim, and an interactive game or curriculum that speaks their language. g. Public education is critical with the legalization of marijuana. Educate the judges on signs of impairment because the challenge lies in the fact that there is not a way to measure impairment. 3. Best Practices and Programs. a. MADD could collect and disseminate best practices in the field of MADD staff and volunteers working with their state and local law enforcement, particularly leadership, to share how MADD supports law enforcement and how and when MADD involves law enforcement in their mission activities. b. MADD could provide an approved high‐visibility packet that includes standard messages (to the public, to the media, to officers and their leadership, to victims) and media invitations. 4. Legislation. MADD and victims of impaired driving provide an influential voice to legislators. a. MADD could help with legislation to standardize the definition of intoxicating substances across states. b. MADD can be a voice for law enforcement to speak to the judiciary and leadership that impairment is impairment. MADD could tag team with Chiefs, who talk about reducing crime, while MADD talks about its priorities. c. MADD can help in the fight to get sobriety checkpoints in states where they do not exist.
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