Next thing you know, you’re at your friends house and you’re ready to party. Many teenagers do not understand the risk that they are putting themselves into by drinking alcohol.

According to MayoClinic.com, alcohol-related accidents are a leading cause of teen deaths. Teen drownings, suicides and murders also have been linked with alcohol use.

Once intoxicated, a persons perception is altered. They have little to no control over their actions. Once a drunk person, especially a teen new to driving, gets in the drivers seat, it’s a deathtrap to anybody or anything around them.

Alcohol can be a dangerous substance, and there are reasons that there’s a drinking age. It takes a responsible person to drink alcohol. I’m not saying all teens are irresponsible, but the facts are there. The government isn’t going to lower the drinking age with the types of trouble teens are getting themselves into when under the influence of alcohol.