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West Virginia

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Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA): To reduce alcohol-related fatal crashes among youth, West Virginia has adopted a MLDA of 21.

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Graduated Licensing: Graduated licensing is a three-stage program that involves a learner's permit, intermediate (provisional) license, and full licensure. To advance between stages, young drivers are required to demonstrate responsible driving behavior.


Primary Safety Belt Law: Passage of a primary safety belt law in West Virginia would allow law enforcement to stop and ticket a driver for nonuse of a safety belt without requiring the driver to be cited for or have committed another offense.


Child Safety Seat Law: Drinking drivers are more likely than other drivers to transport children improperly.


Motorcycle Helmet Use Law: The motorcycle helmet use law in West Virginia saves lives and prevents devastating and debilitating head injuries


Administrative License Revocation:
Laws that allow police or driver-licensing authorities to revoke a driver's license swiftly and automatically for refusing or failing a BAC test


Zero Tolerance Law: Laws like West Virginia's that make it illegal for persons under 21 to drive with a positive BAC have reduced impaired-driving fatalities by 4% on average.


Drug Abuse Trends in West Virginia


Drug Situation: Largely rural, West Virginia's most pronounced drug problems involve the abuse and clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine, marijuana consumption and cultivation, and pharmaceutical drug diversion and abuse. Cocaine, crack, and MDMA are available in most areas of the state.

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