The survey results show that the public mistakenly thinks the youth drug problem is worse than the youth alcohol problem, despite research and statistics that show more youth are drinking and dying due to alcohol than all other illicit drugs combined,” said Glynn R. Birch, MADD national president.

The NTC offers a vehicle for continuing efforts to better police services to the public. They stimulate mutual cooperation between state police associations throughout the United States and elevate the standards of policing. NTC assists member state police associations in achieving the best possible equipment, salaries, pension, benefits, and working conditions and they provide a vehicle through which state police associations may disseminate factual data.