Traffic accidents kill more teens than anything else, and far too many teens are involved in fatal DUI's (29% of teens killed in car accidents had been drinking alcohol).
A far greater number are involved in non fatal alcohol induced accidents and hundreds of thousands are arrested for impaired driving…and face legal repercussions. Nearly 21% of all teens aged 16 or older reported having driven under the influence of drugs in the last year, and 16% having driven under the influence of alcohol.
Almost half of all kids ever interned in a jail or detention center report last-month use of drugs or alcohol, and almost 24% of these kids report an addiction to either drugs or alcohol…far above the average for youths never involved in the criminal justice system.
page last update Aug 05, 2010
