https://padlet.com/s1507706/2w722jhy3kiw what motivates teenage drinking en-us 2017-04-19 15:04:02 UTC 2025-11-19 15:14:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/134922627/b656cd7bf5cd5bee19735d9eb1fdc4fc/Liquor.jpg s1507706 https://padlet.com/s1507706/2w722jhy3kiw/wish/167040921 Underage drinking is a serious public health problem in the United States. Alcohol is the most widely used substance of abuse among America's youth, and drinking by young people poses enormous health and safety risks. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/s1507706/2w722jhy3kiw/wish/167040921 s1507706 https://padlet.com/s1507706/2w722jhy3kiw/wish/167041505 Excessive drinking is responsible for more than 4,300 deaths among underage youth each year, and cost the U.S. $24 billion in economic costs]]> 2017-04-19 15:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s1507706/2w722jhy3kiw/wish/167041505 s1507706 https://padlet.com/s1507706/2w722jhy3kiw/wish/167041696 Although drinking by persons under the age of 21 is illegal, people aged 12 to 20 years drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the United States. More than 90% of this alcohol is consumed in the form of binge drinks.

]]> 2017-04-19 15:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s1507706/2w722jhy3kiw/wish/167041696 s1507706 https://padlet.com/s1507706/2w722jhy3kiw/wish/167042342 On average, underage drinkers consume more drinks per drinking occasion than adult drinkers.]]> 2017-04-19 15:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s1507706/2w722jhy3kiw/wish/167042342