Study: Children more likely to drink and drive if parents drink

USA Today, September 10, 2011


"Parents who drink -- even moderately -- may increase the risk that their children will drive under the influence as adults, a new study has found.
Researchers from the University of Florida found that about 6 percent of teens whose parents drank even occasionally said they drove under the influence when they reached 21 years of age. Meanwhile, only 2 percent of those whose parents did not drink drove under the influence at 21, according to the report published online and in the November print issue of Accident Analysis & Prevention." Read More