TEENAGE DRINKING

Underage drinking and driving and how it affects the families and community

Underage drinking and driving and how it affects the families and community

Thesis Statement

Educating youth about the consequences will reduce the number of underage drunk driving accidents.

Discussion

The current statics about the alcoholism among the youth indicates that 78%, 65% and 47% of the 12th, 10th and 8th graders are involved in lifetime use of alcohol and rash driving, respectively. Almost 20% of the consumer expenditure of USA, is accounted for adolescent alcoholism, (12 to 20 years) and the cost associated with it is approximately $53billion in terms of negative consequences ...