Underage Drinking Effects
Underage drinking negatively affects virtually every college campus. Students, whether they choose to drink or not, can be negatively impacted. Underage drinking results in:
Death: 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes .
Injury: 599,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are unintentionally injured under the influence of alcohol ( .
Assault: 696,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking ( .
Sexual Abuse: 97,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape ( .
Risky Sex: 400,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 had unprotected sex .
Unsafe Sex: 100,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 report having been too intoxicated to know if they consented to having sex .
Academic Problems: About 25 percent of college students report academic consequences of their drinking including missing class, falling behind, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall ( .
Health Problems: More than 150,000 students develop an alcoholrelated health problem (
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