The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)'s research, which mainly focuses on the prevention of drunk driving, underage drinking and alcohol abuse, advises that alcohol beverage advertising along with lack of parental guidance and peer pressure is what urges youths to drink alcohol. ... Consequences of underage drinking include poor academics, arrest for driving or domestic violence while drunk, injury, assault, unprotected and unsafe sex, suicide attempts, health problems, vandalism, property damage, and sometimes death from alcohol poisoning. ... Through its variou...

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