Graduated Driver Licensing and Drinking Among Young Drivers 

The NSDUH Report:  Graduated Driver Licensing and Drinking Among Young Drivers

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• States vary in the extent to which they restrict driving behavior among young drivers. This report identifies the States categorized from most restrictive to least restrictive according to the 4 category rating scheme developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Traffic Injury Research Foundation.

• During the combined years of 1999 to 2001, 21% of young drivers aged 15 to 17 were binge drinkers and 6% were heavy drinkers.

• Young drivers aged 15 to 17 in States with the most restrictive driver licensing laws had lower rates of heavy drinking than those in States with the least restrictive laws.

• Young drivers aged 15 to 17 in States with more restrictive driver licensing laws had lower rates of driving under the influence of alcohol than those in States with less restrictive laws.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report:  Graduated Driver Licensing and Drinking Among Young Drivers, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   The NSDUH/NHSDA also provides estimates for drug use by state.

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