Underage Drinking

Facts.

 

Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

"ONE IN SIX TEENS BINGE DRINKS, YET ONLY 1 IN 100 PARENTS BELIEVE HIS OR HER TEEN BINGE DRINKS"-Institute of Medicine National Research Council of the National Academies

 

"ALMOST HALF OF ALL 10TH GRADERS DRINK ALCOHOL."-Monitoring the Future national survey results on drug use

 

"HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO USE ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCES ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL."-National Institute on Drug Abuse