“Annually, about 5,000 people under age 21 die from alcohol-related injuries involving underage drinking”(“Consequences of Underage Drinking”). This is just one example of the bad effects underage drinking has. Not only does underage drinking cause injuries, it causes teen pregnancy, alcohol addiction, and it is associated with tobacco and drug use. Many teenagers start by having what they think is a harmless beer but little do they know that it leads to much more. “Approximately forty percent of …show more content…
Violence, loud and unruly behavior, and property destruction are all secondhand effects of underage drinking. A very large secondhand effect is injuries, especially those caused by drunken driving car crashes. The highest percent of teenage deaths are caused by drunken driving crashes. “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”(“Effects and Consequences of Underage Drinking”). These effects occur because underage drinking causes poor decision