Alcohol is abused heavily by teenagers across the nation. As they grow older their alcoholism grows worse and worse. Statistics show that the majority of teens have had at least one drink. But for some it doesn't stop at just one.
             Alcohol is the most widely used and abused drug among youth. It kills more teenagers than all drugs combined. Seven million children under 18 live in alcoholic homes and between one-fourth and one-third of them will become an alcoholic themselves. The estimated average age to start drinking alcohol is 13. For some it's much younger. In a survey of 4th and 6th graders, one-third of the 4th graders and one-half of the 6th graders that had been questioned said that they had been pressured by their own peers to have taken a drink at one time. 90% of kids who get in trouble say they did it to impress or please their friends. In 1998, 10.4 million drinkers were under the legal age of 21. Also in 1998, an estimated one in five teenagers were current drinkers and one in thirteen teenagers were binge drinkers. 38% of girls ages 12-17 reported using alcohol. In a survey of 4,390 high school seniors and dropouts said that 80% reported getting drunk, binge drinking or drinking and driving in the preceding year. Advertising has a somewhat impression on the teens. 56% of people in grades 5-12 said advertising encourages them to drink.
             In SAMHSA's National Household Survey of ages 12-17 the results showed that 7.2 million teens drank at least once last year. 2.7 million drank once a month and 1 million reported drinking once a week. In another National Survey showed that as teens grow older, more of them drink. 8th graders reported that 25% had drank within the past month, 8% said that they have been drunk and 1% said they drank everyday. 10th graders reported that 40% had drank within the past month, 22% said they have been drunk and 2% drank everyday. 12th graders reported that 53...