Peer pressure begins early. One-third of 4th graders and more than half
of 6th graders say they have been pressured by friends to drink alcohol.

But friends aren’t the only problem. Alcohol is the drug of choice for
most children because it is so easily accessible, the majority of
 whom find and begin using it in their own homes.

The average age that our 8th and 10th graders say they first tried
alcohol is age 12.

Peer:  A person who is the equal of another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, or social status.
Pressure:  To force toward a particular end by exerting a constraining or compelling influence; coerce.
Peer Pressure:  A person your age attempting to influence you to make a decision against your better judgement.

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Youth Who Begin Drinking
Before Age 15 Are:

  4 times more likely to form an
alcohol dependence

  7 times more likely to be in a car
wreck after drinking

10 times more likely to be in a
physical fight

12 times more likely to have an
Unintentional injury

 

                                                                                                                                                                      Last updated: 1/5/2008