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State Estimates of Underage Alcohol Use and Self-Purchase of Alcohol

The NSDUH Report - -State Estimates of Underage Alcohol Use and Self-Purchase of Alcohol

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Combined 2006 to 2008 data indicate that 27.6 percent of persons aged 12 to 20 drank alcohol in the past month. Rates of underage past month alcohol use were among the lowest in Utah (13.7 percent) and among the highest in North Dakota (40.6 percent) and Vermont (40.4 percent).  Approximately 8.6 percent of past month drinkers aged 12 to 20 purchased their own alcohol the last time they drank.  The percentages of past month drinkers aged 12 to 20 who bought their own alcohol were among the lowest in Alaska (3.1 percent) and New Mexico (3.7 percent) and among the highest in Louisiana and the District of Columbia (both at 18.8 percent).

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This Short , The NSDUH Report - -State Estimates of Underage Alcohol Use and Self-Purchase of Alcohol, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health, conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use by State.

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