Alcohol is the most abused drug in the world.
The average age for people to start drinking in the United States is 12.9 years. 1 in 4 eighth graders have been drunk in their lifetime. 1 in 4 high school students drinks in quantities and with a frequency that indicates a problem. 1 in 4 children in every classroom lives in a home where someone is chemically dependent. Information taken in part from Monitoring the Future a report published by The University of Michigan in 1995.