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Every year, alcohol is a factor in
- The number one cause of death among 15- to 19-year-olds is drinking and driving.
- Each year in the United States, more than 10,000 young people between the ages of 16 and 24 die in alcohol-related car crashes.
- More than 50 percent of the adults who are addicted to alcohol began drinking as teens.
- Alcohol and marijuana in combination have a greatly increased sedative effect. They impair manual dexterity, psychomotor skills, ability to process information, and visual disturbances.
- 70 percent of all murders
- 50 percent of all arrests
- nearly 50 percent of all fatal crashes involving young people
- 130,000 injuries to teen drivers
- over 50 percent of all drownings
- 44,000 deaths in U.S. car crashes
- up to 65 percent of all cases of domestic violence
- at least 45 percent of all cases of spousal abuse
- at least 49 percent of all child abuse
- 20 to 30 percent of all emergency room trauma cases
- 75 percent of all on-the-job accidents
- 50 percent of all rapes