Ms. Laura Dean-Mooney

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  We just don't agree on their proposed solution, that being lowering the drinking age," says MADD president Laura Dean-Mooney in a phone interview.In the group's press release in mid-August, she urged parents to "think twice before sending their teens to these colleges or any others that have waved the white flag on underage and binge-drinking policies."
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  Science is on the side of the age-21 law, Dean-Mooney says.More than 50 studies show it has helped save lives, according to the MADD website.One new study by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation accounted for a variety of car- and roadway-safety improvements and still attributed to the 21 drinking age an 11 percent drop in alcohol-related traffic deaths among youths.Dean-Mooney also raises the concern that making alcohol more accessible to 18-year-olds would push problems onto the shoulders of high school principals.
  
  In the wake of the public controversy, several college presidents have removed their names from the list.

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  Laura Dean-Mooney, MADD's national president, said in an interview that the group was "encouraging the public to act by e-mailing their presidents" and "exercising their right in speaking out."She cited one parent whose e-mails to the Spelman College president at first elicited only form letters, but who persisted until she finally received a personal response.
  
  Both sides of the debate gain efficiency by using form letters, Dean-Mooney said, but ultimately they "encourage dialogue with some persistence on both sides."
  
  She added: "We're certainly not trying to tie up their e-mail inboxes, that's certainly not the point."

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  "While 21 started out helping to combat drunk driving, we now have extensive research on the impact of this law on underage drinking prevention as well," said Laura Dean-Mooney, MADD's newly appointed national president.

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  MADD president Laura Dean-Mooney told The Associate Press that the Amethyst Initiative leaders are "misrepresenting the science and looking for an easy way out of an inconvenient problem."She said the lower drinking age would lead to more fatal car crashes, research has shown.
  
  Dean-Mooney also is urging parents to think carefully about sending their children to colleges whose presidents have signed the initiative petition.
  
  "It's very clear the 21-year-old drinking age will not be enforced at those campuses," said Dean-Mooney.

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  "It's very clear the 21-year-old drinking age will not be enforced at those campuses," said Laura Dean-Mooney, MADD's national president.

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  "If we can stop drunk drivers from getting behind the wheel, we can prevent drunk driving tragedies," said Laura Dean-Mooney, MADD national president."The technology to ensure that known drunk drivers stay off the road exists, and we can extend our services to the victims and survivors we serve, by letting them know we will do everything we can to prevent others from facing the tragic consequences of drunk driving."Currently, Texas law requires that repeat drunk driving offenders install the ignition interlock system.
  
  Leading the conference and the charge to eliminate drunk driving, new president Laura Dean-Mooney has been involved with MADD since her husband Mike Dean was killed in 1991 by a drunk driver in Texas, leaving her with an 8- month-old daughter.
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  Dean-Mooney joined MADD to help craft better laws to ensure the tragedy never affected another family.As National President of the organization, she plans to work for changes to the law in all 50 states, as part of the Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving.
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  Dean-Mooney will speak at the Victim/Survivor Tribute on Friday night to honor and celebrate the lives of those killed and injured due to drunk driving.
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  We also welcome the new head of our party, National President Laura Dean-Mooney, as she addresses MADD's strategic plans for our 28th year and beyond.
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  Laura Dean-Mooney, MADD National President, 2008-2011
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  Laura Dean-Mooney, MADD National President.

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  "It's very clear the 21-year-old drinking age will not be enforced at those campuses," said Laura Dean-Mooney, MADD's national president.

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  Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) National President Laura Dean-Mooney said, "Underage and binge drinking is a tough problem and we welcome an honest discussion about how to address this challenge but that discussion must honor the science behind the 21 law which unequivocally shows that the 21 law has reduced drunk driving and underage and binge drinking."
  
  MADD, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the American Medical Association (AMA), National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Governors Highway Safety Association and other science, medical and public health organizations, and all members of the Support 21 Coalition call on these college and university presidents to remove their names from this list and urge them to work with the public health community and law enforcement on real solutions to underage and binge drinking.Additionally, MADD is asking the public to write letters to their Governors and college presidents to support the 21 law and ask those on the initiative list to remove their names."As the mother of a daughter who is close to entering college, it is deeply disappointing to me that many of our educational leaders would support an initiative without doing their homework on the underlying research and science," said Dean-Mooney.
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  In fact, I call into question whether or not these campuses are bothering to enforce the 21 drinking age," said Dean-Mooney.SolutionsSome universities are taking strong steps to enforce the 21 law and change the drinking culture in their campus communities.Solutions to the problem are centered on enforcement of the 21 law, sanctions for adults providing alcohol to those under 21, changing the environment found on many college campuses and tightening alcohol policies on campuses, and working with local establishments in college communities selling alcohol to sell responsibly and to ensure those under 21 are not being served.The U.S. Surgeon General issued a call to action to solve the underage and college binge drinking problem in 2007.Several steps have been taken by communities and MADD will engage parents and other health and safety leaders this fall on the topic to ensure parents specifically are armed with the tools they need to combat underage drinking early -- before peer pressure begins.Dean-Mooney added, "It does not make sense to increase access to alcohol when there are already so many problems with underage drinking.

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  Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) National President Laura Dean-Mooney said, "Underage and binge drinking is a tough problem and we welcome an honest discussion about how to address this challenge but that discussion must honor the science behind the 21 law which unequivocally shows that the 21 law has reduced drunk driving and underage and binge drinking."
  
  MADD, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the American Medical Association (AMA), National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Governors Highway Safety Association and other science, medical and public health organizations, and all members of the Support 21 Coalition call on these college and university presidents to remove their names from this list and urge them to work with the public health community and law enforcement on real solutions to underage and binge drinking.Additionally, MADD is asking the public to write letters to their Governors and college presidents to support the 21 law and ask those on the initiative list to remove their names.
  
  "As the mother of a daughter who is close to entering college, it is deeply disappointing to me that many of our educational leaders would support an initiative without doing their homework on the underlying research and science," said Dean-Mooney.
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  In fact, I call into question whether or not these campuses are bothering to enforce the 21 drinking age," said Dean-Mooney.
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  Dean-Mooney added, "It does not make sense to increase access to alcohol when there are already so many problems with underage drinking.

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