Resource References: MADD Resources
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MADD VICTIM IMPACT PANELS
Since its founding in 1980, MADD has advocated for legislation to help fight impaired driving and to support its mission to end all impaired driving MADD was instrumental in changing the underage drinking laws across the country by advocating and helping raise awareness and support of the national drinking age increase to age 21. Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) laws are laws that specify the legal age when an individual can purchase alcoholic beverages. However, before the enactment of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, the legal age when alcohol could be purchased varied by state. MADD SUPPORTS LAWS TO FIGHT DRUNK AND DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVING MADD is one of the largest victim services organizations in the country. MADD In Person Victim Impact Panels (VIP) provide victims of this tragic crime a structured and safe forum to speak to offenders who have been arrested for a drunk and drug impaired driving offense. These stories focus on the physical, emotional, and financial impact a substance-impaired crash has on their lives as well as the lives of their families, friends, and others. They do not blame or judge. They simply tell their stories, describing how their lives and the lives of their loved ones were affected by the crash. MADD VIPs put a “human face” on the tragic consequences of drunk and drug impaired driving. These panels offer a healing experience for the victim and valuable education for the offender. MADD’s Online Victim Impact Panel offers the same quality presentations as MADD’s current in-person program, just in a virtual environment. When a panel is too far away, or not offered frequently enough to meet the court’s needs, MADD believes there should be no barriers when it comes to the ability to learn about MADD’s lifesaving mission and receive the powerful messages of victims and survivors by attending a MADD VIP.
For more information visit the MADD Victim Impact Panel website.
Click on the link to find your state to see what legislative activities MADD is spearheading near your home.
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