Drinking Levels among Youth
The 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey5 found that among high school students, during the past 30 days
•42% drank some amount of alcohol.
•24% binge drank.
•10% drove after drinking alcohol.
•28% rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol.
Other national surveys indicate
•In 2008 the National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that 28% of youth aged 12 to 20 years drink alcohol and 19% reported binge drinking.6
•In 2009, the Monitoring the Future Survey reported that 37% of 8th graders and 72% of 12th graders had tried alcohol, and 15% of 8th graders and 44% of 12th graders drank during the past month.7
http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm
These percent are very high for high school students. It is shocking that 28% of the high school students rode with a driver who was drinking and didn't say anything about to them that they shouldn't be driving.
ReplyDeleteI think that if they lowered the age limit to drink kids would realize sooner that it's not as exciting as they think it is and there would be less problems.
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