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Drinking Statistics
- 6,168 teens died in motor vehicle accidents in 1998 - 35.8% of these were alcohol related
- During 1998, traffic crashes claimed lives on an average of one per hour during the weekend and one every 2 hours on weekdays.
- In 1998, 2,060 more unrestrained young people died in crashes than those who died wearing seatbelts or helmets.
- 80% of kids in grades 7 to 12 don't know that a 12 ounce can of beer has the same amount of alcohol as a shot of whiskey
- 2 out of 5 college students are binge drinkers.
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Stop and Think!
- Thinking "It won't happen to me" is stupid - if you don't protect yourself, it will.
- Just because you think "everyone is doing it", doesn't mean they are - some are, some aren't and some are lying.
- You are in charge of your life. Don't be pressured into having sex.
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Teenage Sex
- More than 4 out of 10 young women become pregnant before the age of 20 - nearly one million a year.
- Teen pregnancies and birth rates in the US are the highest of any western industrialized country, and the cost to taxpayers is 7 billion dollars a year.
- 75% of babies born to teens do not live with their parents.
- Sex won't make him yours, and a baby won't make him stay.
- Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school.
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