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Preventing Underage Drinking

For more than fifteen years Road Radio has reached student audiences, across Pennsylvania and New York. Your school and state could be next. The consequences of underage alcohol use remains a leading killer among America's youth.

Parent/Community Show

Our kids and schools need all the help they can get. See the latest facts and stats they're facing today. Alcohol & other drugs and the perils of the internet to name a few. Let's come together and help.

The Messenger

James Mothersbaugh is someone who knows firsthand about making bad choices. When Jim was a high school senior, he and three friends were involved in a drinking and driving crash that killed one friend and left Jim in a coma and paralyzed by a broken back. He experienced a miraculous physical recovery following the 1984 crash. However, for the rest of his life he will have to deal with the emotional inconsistencies of the "hidden" brain injury like:

• Anxiety • Impulsiveness
• Concentration • Memory Loss
• Fatigue • Stress

To look at him, it's difficult to see that Jim was ever involved in a serious car crash. He knows though, too well, how teenage alcohol and other drug use can mess up a life, and change the hopes, dreams and futures of our young people.

Mission

Almost everyone knows of a young life cut short or irreparably damaged from an alcohol-related driving crash, and we all would like to see such tragedies prevented. Jim faced these feelings after his crash and desired to reach and help young people by sharing the consequences he experienced. Thus, Jim became the creator of an exciting communication for teens called Road Radio USA. The bad choices that led to the crash and changed his life and the lives of those around him is the focus of this graphic, award-winning show. Pulling from pre- and post-crash life experiences, Jim and the Road Radio crew devote their time and talents to getting the message across to teens about the consequences of alcohol and drug use.

Input and support from many drug and alcohol professionals, educators, students, and lawmakers throughout Pennsylvania, have led to the development of the current show, which has proven very effective in reaching teens.
 

 
 
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