Education
Teens speak out on drinking
| • | Text here: Trusting drunken pal shatters lives |
| • | Text here: Family taken in an instant |
| • | Text here: Fear comes too late to save best friend |
| • | Text here: Vision of horror wakes teen |
Advertiser Staff
Advertiser library photo • Dec. 5, 1997
Alcohol is the No. 1 drug problem among youth in America. More than 80 percent of Hawai'i's 12th-graders have used alcohol, and 55 percent have had enough to get drunk, studies show. The nonprofit Honolulu Association of Insurance Women sponsored an essay contest to help make students aware of the consequences of drinking and driving.
Nanakuli resident Neal Caporoz helped set up a display along Farrington Highway in Ma'ili in 1997 to remind people not to drink and drive. The display of wrecked cars is part of the Wai'anae community's annual campaign during the holidays.
With the approach of New Year's Eve— normally one of the deadliest periods on the nation's roads — the winning essays are offered here in the hope that they will lead all drivers to think twice about drinking and driving.
(The essays have been edited for clarity and brevity.)
Advertiser education writers Jennifer Hiller and Beverly Creamer are on vacation. The regular Education features will return next week.
