High school Quote by Jean M. Twenge

Kids who drink alcohol, fairly regularly before they're 14 have a 48% chance... of becoming alcoholics.

— Mariska Hargitay

“Young people who begin drinking before age fifteen are four times more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin drinking at twenty-one.”

— Joe Bruzzese

Alcohol is a big part of high school. I went through my little phase. I don't know one high schooler that doesn't.

— Shailene Woodley

I know this might be broadcast broadly. But I'm 52 years old, and I'm going to admit to you that I've never had a…

— Bryan Stevenson

“alcohol consumption fell sharply at the beginning of Prohibition, to approximately 30 percent of its pre-Prohibition level,” and by the time of Repeal had…

— Daniel Okrent

“The trouble with alcohol is that it makes you feel young and look old.”

— David Leddick

“Peer-reviewed studies peg the success rate of AA somewhere between 5 and 10 percent. That is, about one of every fifteen people who enter…

— Lance Dodes

“Never make the mistake of thinking that alcoholics are weak, because it took an incredible amount of internal strength and conviction in order for…

— Mishka Shubaly

“Hey, the statistics are there. Alcohol kills thirty-five thousand people a year. This is just one more extreme example.”

— L.J. Sellers

According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the…

— Xavier Becerra

“off that for a long time. I was an alcoholic before I was thirty. Perhaps before I was twenty, it depends on how you…

— Jo Nesbø

With such compelling information, the question is why havent we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer…

— Lucille Roybal-Allard