Under Age Drinking

1.) The percent of 8Th graders using alcohol is 48% in Sussex and national is 41%.
The percent of 12Th graders using alcohol is 88% in Sussex and national is 75%. This is basically stating that the older they get the more their going to want to drink.

The number of under age drinkers that got caught under the influence was 583 in 1996 and 651 in 2006. The more they drink the more danger there will be on the road.

2.) What i learned from reading these statistics is that the older teens get the more they want to drink and the more they drink the more dangerous it will be for them. I also saw that through out the years there is more and more under age teens getting arrested from drinking. What i also saw too was that the more they drink around other under age teens they would start too.

3.) In my opinion under age teens choose to consume and abuse alcohol because they think they are in charge, like adults. Since adults drink alcohol the under age teens think its OK because the adults do it, and because they think they are in control like the adults. Another thing is Pier pressure, the under age teens might think its OK since their friends do it so they can too, and just because their friends did it it makes them feel cool like the others, they think it makes them fit in with the crowd.