Sally and John were just two normal high school kids looking for something fun to do on their first summer evening at the start of their senior year. They wanted to celebrate their senior year. Their idea of ​​fun was drinking and partying. This is exactly what they intended to do on the beautiful summer night. They didn't know that the night would be deadly. Underage drinking is a big problem in the United States. By age 13, more than 50% of adolescents had tried alcohol in their lives. It affects everyone, from people in small towns in Iowa to people in big cities in Las Vegas. Underage drinking is the number one drug problem in the United States. Every year approximately 5,000 teenagers die as a result of underage drinking. Statistics show that approximately three-quarters of 12th graders have participated in alcohol binges. Underage drinking is a problem that needs to be addressed head-on, resolved and prevented. Every teenager chooses to drink for a different reason, whether it's depression or peer pressure. no matter what reason they choose, it is still deadly and dangerous. It doesn't help that some parents of teenagers are willing to contribute to underage drinking by buying alcohol for their children and their friends. The reasons why Sally and John drank are unknown. They didn't realize they were about to become just another statistic on another website. When they decided to leave the party and go home drunk, they only put their lives and the lives of everyone else on the roads that night in danger. Every year approximately 16,000 people die in alcohol-related accidents. Of them, around 5,000 are teenagers. This is a high percentage if you analyze everything and think about it. Statistics also show that people who start drinking before the age of fifteen are... middle of paper... use in adolescents: long-term follow-up -up data from a randomized control trial in a school population. Addictive Behaviors 25(5):769–774, 2000.GRIFFIN, K.W.; SCHEIER, L.M.; BOTVIN, G.J.; and DIAZ, T. Ethnic and gender differences in adolescent psychosocial risk, protectiveness, and alcohol use. Prevention Science 1(4):199–212, 2000. HAWKINS, J.D.; CATALANO, R.F.; and MILLER, J.Y. Risk and protective factors for alcohol and other drug-related problems in adolescence and early adulthood: Implications for substance abuse prevention. Psychological Bulletin 112(1):64–105, 1992. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Findings from the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National findings. Rockville (MD): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; 2006. Available: www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh.htm;