Quantity and Frequency of Alcohol Use Among Underage Drinkers. The NSDUH Report

摘要

In 2006, a majority (53.9 percent) of American adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 20 had used an alcoholic beverage at least once in their lifetime. Young people aged 12 to 20 consumed approximately 11.2 percent of the alcoholic drinks consumed in the United States in the past month by persons aged 12 or older. Research shows that underage drinkers tend to consume more alcohol per occasion than those over the legal minimum drinking age of 21. Studies also have linked early drinking to heavy alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems in adulthood.