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Alcohol is a major contributing factor in approximately half of all homicides, suicides, and motor vehicle crashes, which are the leading causes of death and disability among young people. Heavy drinking among youth has been linked to multiple sexual partners, use of marijuana, and poor academic performance.

In addition to morbidity and mortality due to injury, drug abuse is related to suicide, early unwanted pregnancy, school failure, delinquency, and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Despite improvements in recent years, drug use is greater among high school students and other young adults in the U.S. than has been documented in any other industrialized nation in the world.

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