Underage Drinking
What is Underage Drinking?
- Underage drinking it the consumption of alcohol under the legal age of 21. It dose not matter if you are 20 and your birthday is in 20 minuets and you start drinking you are still considered a minor.
What are the conciquences of underage drinking?
- Can cause academic failure
- Can create physical disorders
- Can get an MIP
Don't be a statistic
- 5,000 people die every year under the age of 21 due to drinking. Most commonly under aged drinkers die from: homicide, suicide, car crashes, drowning, falling, and burns.
- About 190,000 people go to the ER each year due to alcohol related injury.
Tips
- Don't drink under the age of 21