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25.015D Teenage Drinking and Driving

25.015D

25.015Teenage Drinking and Driving: The Texas Medical Association supports and encourages programs in elementary, middle, and secondary schools, colleges, and universities which provide information on the dangers of operating or traveling in a vehicle with someone under the influence of alcohol, and which emphasize that teenagers who drive should drink no alcoholic beverages whatsoever; and will work with private and civic groups to achieve the goals and intent of this policy (Amended CM-CAH Rep. 2-A-06; deleted CM-CAH Rep.1-A-16).

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October 07, 2016

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 The website for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is blunt: “History shows that severe illness and death rates tend to be higher for racial and ethnic minority populations during public health emergencies than for other populations.” That is certainly happening with COVID-19. Emerging data already show that long-standing social determinants of health are stacked against Blacks and Hispanics in Texas, in some cases prompting a stronger call for value-based care, among other tools, so physicians can better help people of color cope with the health inequities brought on by COVID-19.

 

 

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