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Article: MADD Praises National Academy of Science Underage Drinking Report, Combats Alcohol Industry Tactics to Discredit Recommendations; MADD Says: Legislators Need A Buzz - Not Our Kids: Activist Phone Call Campaign Urges Congress to Act Now to Curb America's No. 1 Youth Drug Problem.
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- September 10, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite months of attempts by the alcohol industry to unduly influence today's National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on underage drinking, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), members of Congress and other advocacy groups praised the findings as an important step in finally putting underage drinking on the nation's policy and public health agenda. In response, MADD is rallying Americans to call on Congress to hold hearings and take action on underage drinking prevention.
"Underage drinking is our nation's No. 1 youth drug problem, killing 6.5 times more youth than all illicit drugs combined, yet the issue has been ...