According to a survey conducted by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, 39 percent of people underage said they drank some amount of alcohol, and 22 percent admitted to binge drinking.
Although alcohol can help make for some interesting stories, the harmful effects brought on by it's consumption can last a lifetime. These effects can destroy one's social life, academic career, and both psychological and physical health.
According to the CDC, the long and short term physical consequences a person can face include hangovers, illnesses, liver failure, disruption of normal growth and behavior, alcohol poisoning (can lead to death), brain development issues, and many more.
Those consequences can happen to people of any age who choose to drink alcohol, however, drinking underage speeds up the process of diseases and can cause worse problems due to the still-developing adolescent body.
Alcohol is just as unhealthy from a psychological standpoint. Drinking can increase the risk of being sexually or physically assaulted, which leads to many psychological problems, higher risk of suicide or homicide, and can cause memory loss, also according to the CDC.
A person who engages in underage drinking can expect their academic career to take a hit as well. Alcohol causes people to get sick, which stops them from attending class, causing their grades to drop.
Legal problems are another obvious consequence, if a person is caught drinking alcohol under the age of 21.
Car accidents and other types of accidents are also a higher risk to people who have been drinking. Not only is driving under the influence highly illegal, it is also extremely dangerous. Drinking alcohol impairs a person's ability to make good judgements. This includes making the decision to get into a car while drunk.
The survey conducted by the CDC reported that 24 percent of people under the age of 21 rode in a car with a driver who was under the influence of alcohol. Eight percent said they had driven themselves while drunk.
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