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Teens who drink heavily are three times more likely to try and hurt themselves (self-harm, attempt suicide etc.) than those who don't.

They are five times more likely to have unprotected sex and four times more likely to have perform a sexual assault.  In 80% of all sexual assault cases, the underage girl had been drinking.

The 3 leading causes of death for 15 to 24-year-olds are automobile crashes, homicides and suicides – alcohol is a leading factor in all 3.

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Do teens hurt themselves because they drink, or do they drink because they are hurting?

For preventing sexual assault, I prefer to focus on the sexual assault[b]ers[/b]. I don't think "sexual assault victims have often been drinking" is a logical reason to raise the drinking age to 21.

The 3 leading causes of death for 15 to 24-year-olds are unintentional injury (not just car crashes), homicides, and suicides. The 3 leading cases of death for 25-34-year-olds are unintentional injury (including car crashes), suicides, and homicides. Unintentional injury (including car crashes) is the leading cause of death for 35-44-year-olds. Perhaps the drinking age should be 45.

http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/pdf/10lcid_all_deaths_by_age_group_2010-a.pdf[/quote]

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