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Underage DrinkingThe Facts

Presented By: BHS Peer Education Program

What’s Is The Big Deal?• Alcohol is the #1 DRUG of

choice for teens.- Teen alcohol use kills about 6000 people yearly, more than all illegal substances combined.

• 22% of high school students continue to use alcohol to relax, feel better about themselves, or to fit in.

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What Is The Big Deal?• Alcohol is a major factor in the

3 leading causes of teen deaths:– Motor Vehicle Crashes

• 1 out of 3 are alcohol related– Suicides

• 3 times more likely to hurt themselves

– Homicides

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Why So Popular?• Alcohol is easy to get and is used in celebrations.• 1 out of 3 teens got alcohol from home.• In fact, 41% of minors were encouraged to drink by

adults.• Alcohol is heavily advertised and targeted towards

youth.

Alcohol Advertising

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Kids are more interested in alcohol ads than cartoons.

Did you know?• In Maui county, kids as young as 10

reported trying alcohol.• By the eighth grade, 1 out of 3

already tried alcohol.• The earlier you start, the more

problems you will have. Teens who start drinking at age 15 is 5 times more likely to become an alcoholic.

• This is because the human brain isn’t fully developed until the age of 25.

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Academic Effects

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• High school students who drink alcohol are five times more likely to drop out of school.

• Statewide, 16.5% of high school students had forgotten things they did while using alcohol

2013 Youth Risk Behavior revealed:

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Binge Drinking• What is the definition?

– For girls: 4 or more drinks consumed consecutively

– For boys: 5 or more drinks consumed consecutively

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Binge Drinking • Beware of:

– Drinking contests– Chugging

• What’s the danger?– Alcohol Poisoning: where the body can’t get

rid of the alcohol.

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Binge Drinking • You could die…

– By choking on your vomit.– When high concentrations of alcohol shut

down the brain, heart and lungs.• 190,000 emergency rooms visits are by person

under age 21.(2010)

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Hawaii Binge Drinkers

• 12.7% students statewide engage in binge drinking.

• 34% of high school student’s best friends are drinkers

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Driving Drunk• On average, a drunk driver will drive

87 times before a first arrest.• In 2010 56% of teen drivers were

killed due to DUI & not wearing seatbelts.

Motor Vehicle Crashes

•More fatal crashes involving alcohol occurs 3 times as high at night.•1 in 3 will be involved in an alcohol related crash in a lifetime.

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Don’t Drink and Drive

Alcoholism-Lifelong Disease

• Teens who start can become an alcoholic in just 6 months.

• There are 3 million alcoholic teens today.

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• Two-thirds or 66% of teen sex assaults & date rapes are linked to alcohol.

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome • A range of academic, physical,

emotional defects.

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Economical Costs of Alcohol

• Approximately $53 billion per year is spent on the problems of underage drinking.

• This is money that could have been spent on schools.

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U.S Economic Costs of Underage Drinking

• Violent Crimes: $29,368,000,000

• Traffic Crashes: $19,452,000,000• Burns: $189,000,000• Drowning:

$428,000,000

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Economic Costs • Suicide Attempts:

$1,512,000,000• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:

$493,000,000• Alcohol Poisonings: $340,000,000• Treatments:

$1,008,000,000• Grand Total:

$52,788,000,000

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The Costs of Alcohol Use by Teens in Hawaii

• $182 million total. $182 million total. • Hawaii ranks number 2 among the Hawaii ranks number 2 among the

50 states for the cost per youth of 50 states for the cost per youth of underage drinking.underage drinking.

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So Here Are Ways You Could Support Us to create an awareness:

Come to our Wellness Tables

Participate &

Wear Your Ribbons

Play The Games

Guests:

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Wednesday Nov. 12 pd. 3,5 & 6Attorney Brandon ParedesMika Johnson pd. 5 & 6Thurs. Nov. 13Pd. 1 Attorney Robert RiveraPd. 2 & 4 Attorney Ronson IbarraMika Johnson pd. 1 & 2.

Hawaii Laws Protecting Teens: Zero Tolerance

License suspension:• 1st offense-6 months license • 2nd offense- 1 yr.• 3rd offense- 2 years• Plus fines up to $1000• 100 hours of community service

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Other Laws

• Graduated Driver Licensing law• Use and Lose Law- You don’t even

have to be driving! 1) License suspension2) 75 hrs. of community service3) 8-12 hrs. of Alcohol Ed

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Thank You For Your Attention

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Feedback Sheets

• Please take the time to do feedback sheets and tell us what you thought.

• Special thanks goes to: • Rober Rive

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