Students Against Destructive Decisions is an after-school program aimed at keeping students from drinking alcoholic beverages and then driving, and also keeping them off drugs. SADD can also stand for Students Against Doing Drugs or Students Against Driving Drunk - this latter name was its founding name. The acronym for the name was inspired by an older organization called MADD, or Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
SADD was founded by Robert Anastas at Wayland High School in Wayland, Massachusetts in 1981. Anastas founded the organization with his students after two Wayland High School hockey players were killed in separate car crashes. Originally conceived to help teenagers realize the dangers of drinking and driving, SADD has expanded to also educate youth in dealing with many issues stemming from alcohol and drug use. The heart of this mission has always been the SADD Contract for Life .
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