underage drinking
Minors consuming alcohol
Underage drinking is the consumption of alcohol by someone below the legal drinking age—typically 21 in the United States, 18 in most other countries.
The phrase appears in legal contexts, public health campaigns, and parental discussions: The school hosted a forum on underage drinking.
Also called minor drinking or youth drinking.
- impaired judgmentDiminished capacity to decide
- alcohol prohibitionLegal ban on liquor
- alcohol poisoningHarmful excess from drinking
- truancyUnauthorized absence from school
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- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
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