Recent studies have examined the drinking pattern of adolescents and suggested that underage drinking is responsible for loss of thousands of lives, property damage, and still remains a significant health problem. For instance, a study focusing on the Lifespan of Early Adolescent and Youth Drinking, finds that despite a significant reduction in alcohol related deaths, epidemiologic data indicates a massive problem with alcohol use among early adolescents and teens, with high occurrences of several trends such as, binge drinking, drunkenness, driving while drunk, as well as being a passenger of someone who is driving under the influence of alcohol (Windle, 2016).
