Preventing Underage Drinking

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CHANGING THE FUTURE
CHANGING THE FUTURE

Changing the future through conversation

Alcohol should only be consumed by legal drinking age adults. Governments and beverage alcohol companies are collaborating to prevent underage drinking by encouraging everyone to make responsible choices. Here are the facts about the harms of youth alcohol usage, as shared by Responsibility.org.

Underage and teenage drinking facts

Age Matters Gender Matters Physical Stature Matters Being A Role Model Matters
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Age Matters

Drinking underage negatively affects brain development.

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Gender Matters

Women (biological sex) are affected by alcohol faster because of the lower percentage of water in their bodies.

Physical stature matters

Physical Stature Matters

The smaller your physical build, the faster alcohol will affect you, and in lower amounts.

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Being A Role Model Matters

Be mindful of modeling good behavior for kids, whether a parent or not. If you are a parent, you are the leading influence on your children’s decision to drink or not to drink.

conversations have the largest impacts on teenage drinking

when to speak
Conversations to empower kids and teenagers to say no to underage drinking must happen early and often. Since 2003, conversations between parents and kids have increased 73%. During that same period, underage drinking has decreased by 50%. (responsibility.org)
the impact
Over the last 20 years, alcohol consumption among teens has dropped by 53% thanks to parents and educators starting more conversations. Nearly 3 out of 5 have never consumed alcohol. (Monitoring the Future, December 2022)
resources
Being a positive influence and having these conversations can be the difference in underage drinking. Find the resources you need to help start and guide the conversation. Explore resources and help prevent teenage drinking.