According to my article, Alcohol Can Rewire The Teenage Brain by Tara Haelle, alcohol is a drug and children before the age 15 are more likely to become alcoholics and abuse alcohol than adults. Tara includes that children who experiment with alcohol end up consuming too much in a short amount of time. She refers to this issue as “binge drinking.” Tara lists a few reasons why teens drink such as low self-esteem or to feel happy. Others may drink because they are looking for something new. Eleven percent of alcohol consumed in the United States is from underage drinking. Two out of three teens have consumed alcohol by the time they reach high school. Tara found that the main problem was because teens don’t stop at just a couple sips; they
