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INFORMATION:
Underage Drinking: Get the facts.
Underage Drinking: Get the Facts
First and foremost, it is illegal to drink if you are under the age of 21 – you are breaking the law.
Alcohol is the drug of choice among our young people.
Recent research suggests that drinking alcohol in the teen years can result in irreparable brain damage and an increased likelihood of alcoholism.
Underage drinking often initiates other drug use- teens who drink alcohol are four times more likely to smoke marijuana and use other illegal drugs.
Whether it is the first time or the 100th time a young person drinks, often the consequences are the same.
78 percent of youth under the age of 21 have used alcohol, 48 percent in the past 30 days.
Research indicates that the average age of first use of alcohol is 12 years.
Nearly 20 percent of all alcohol products purchased and consumed in our country is done so by underage drinkers.
The illegal and financial ramifications of purchasing or possessing alcohol under the age of 21.
Concernity Says: You’re not as old as you think.
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