1. Underage Drinking
Ivan Zaragoza

2. Facts About Underage Drinking
 Current legal drinking age of 21, went into effect
in 1988.
 Through time, few states change their legal
drinking age, making teenagers to cross state
borders.
 Underage drinking is a serious public health
challenge.
 There are many accidents due to Underage
drinking.
 Alcohol use contributes to suicidal thoughts and
risky sexual behaviors among minors.
 Underage drinking has serious consequences for

3. Death Facts Due to Underage
Drinking
 Teens are not as experienced with driving, and
their driving skills are harmed more by alcohol.
 alcohol kills an estimated 5,000 people under age
21 each year--more than all illegal drugs
combined.
 Underage drinkers are not just risking
themselves, but the lives of other young people
as well.

4. Abusing Alcohol Leads to . . .
 more likely to have suicidal
thoughts.
 can cause social isolation
 low self esteem
 loss of work or school,
 estrangement from family and
friends
 leading to suicide.
 Teens get depressed, and blame their
life, parents, and social life, but it’s really just
because they abuse alcohol, and by drinking it
they think their going to have a good

5. Sexual behavior due to Alcohol
Consumption. . . .
 Leads unsafe sex
 Makes people more aggressive
 Makes you make irrational decisions
 May lead to rape
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6. Medical Effects. . .
 Liver Disease
 Depression
 Brain Damage
 Ruins Kidneys
 Heart Disease
 Hardcore Vomiting
 Cancer

7. The End