BASIC FACTS ABOUT SADD
SADD, Students Against destructive decisions, is a school-based organization dedicated to addressing the issues of underage drinking, impaired driving, drug use, and other destructive decisions and killers of young people.
SADD’s mission is to provide students with the best prevention and intervention tools possible to deal with the serious issues young adults are facing today. Empowerment is the foundation of SADD. The idea of empowerment is to build student’s confidence and ability to create changes and manage behavior in a way that results in healthy choices.
SADD promotes a ‘no use’ message of alcohol and other drugs and encourages students not to participate in activities with destructive consequences.
SADD offers life lessons that will lead young people well into the 21st century.
SADD MISSION STATEMENT
Originally, the mission of the SADD chapter was to help young people say “No” to drinking and driving. Today, the mission has expanded. Students have told us that positive peer pressure, role models and other strategies can help them say “No” to more than drinking and driving. And that is why SADD has become a peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving, teen violence and teen depression and suicide.
SADD’s mission simply stated is:
To provide students with the best prevention and intervention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving and other destructive decisions.