Underage Drinking is a BIG Problem

The effects of underage drinking are drastic, but before we discuss these, why do people that are underage drink alcohol. I have a few idea why some teens use alcohol.
Alcohol is in the media. Many celebrities make drinking seam cool and fun, but in reallity its not. When teens watch movies or tv shows with drinking it makes it look fun, for example shows like Rock of Love and the Flavor of Love glamify drinking.
Another reason that teens may drink could be because their friends do it and they are trying to fit in and become more popular. Some teens may choose to drink because they feel the need to rebel and drinking makes them feel rebeleous, but they need to face the 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, 300 from suicide, as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drownings.
Despite these facts underage drinking is continuing to become an epedemic. People are beginning to drink at younger and younger ages. In 2003, research showed that people were drinking at the age of 14 compared to 17 1/2 in 1965. People who start drinking at younger ages are more likely to get alcoholism. Underage drinking is a serious problem and it needs to be adressed.

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