The problem of alcohol usage among teenagers is grossly overstated. kids have been drinking and getting drunk in college for years, and nothing bad happened to them. after all, the people who are not clucking about "bad decisions" are the same people who drank when they were teenagers. trying to prevent teens from getting alcohol only makes them want it more, and the restrictions don't keep teens from getting hold of alcohol anyway. older people need to realize that we want to have fun just like they once did, and stop trying to impose unnecessary and pointless controls on us.

Teenagers and college age students have been drinking alcohol for decades. Some people say that since they have been doing it for many years that it is relatively the same and that they are not getting more in trouble than they used to decades ago. However, things have changed a lot in recent years. Teenagers now have access to a lot more "pocket" money and can afford to drink more as in decades ago, teenagers may have been sharing a smaller quantity of alcohol. Binge drinking is also popular. One of the worst things is that today young people mix alcohol with energy drinks. This combination may be lethal.