Responsibility.org
December 2, 2024
Responsibility.org works with GHSA on a number of initatives relating to eliminating drunk and drug-impaired driving.
Governors Highway Safety Association
The States' Voice on Highway Safety
GHSA and Responsibility.org focus on alcohol-impaired driving as well as the growing issue of drugged driving and multi-substance impaired (alcohol and drugs) driving. GHSA and Responsibility.org partner to provide resources to both State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) and law enforcement agencies.
State Grants
Each year, GHSA and Responsibility.org provide grants to states to improve their ability to detect impaired drivers and remove them from the road.
2025 Grants
Four State Highway Safety Offices received a total of $120,000 in funding in 2025 :
- District of Columbia - to conduct a pilot oral fluid testing program in areas with high impaired driving rates
- Pennsylvania - to evaluate four years of existing toxicology data from more than 60,000 impaired driving cases to identify trends in substance use
- Vermont - to conduct hands-on training through “green labs,” an innovative and successful training model where law enforcement officers can observe the real-time effects of cannabis on volunteers in a safe, controlled setting
- Wyoming - to provide a County Sheriff’s Office with new breathalyzers and train all patrol deputies on the new equipment to ensure consistent, accurate roadside testing
Since 2016, Responsibility.org has awarded $1.199 million to states.
Cannabis Consumers and Safe Driving: Responsible Use Messaging
In 2022, GHSA and Responsibility.org published a report with the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID) providing guidance to states and their partners through identifying best practices in marijuana and driving messaging. Examples of evidence-based initiatives, partnering tips and recommendations are included on the types of messages that do and don’t work.
Partner
Related Resources
News Releases
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National Roadway Safety, Government, Technology, Law Enforcement Leaders Convene in Pittsburgh
Traffic safety will be in the spotlight in Pittsburgh August 23-27 as leaders from across the country gather to build on recent safety momentum and save more lives.
Media Coverage
August 13, 2025
Buckrail: DUI task force attempts to shift local conversation about impaired driving
The Teton County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) has organized a DUI task force that officially kicked off Aug. 1. The task force was the brainchild of Deputy Erik Elizondo, after he learned that 80% of crimes committed in Teton County involve alcohol in some way.
News Releases
July 23, 2025
GHSA, Responsibility.org, NASID Award $120,000 for Impaired Driving Prevention
The three organizations have teamed up to once again fund state efforts to combat alcohol, cannabis and multiple-substance impaired driving, a persistent but preventable roadway safety threat.