I'll Drink To That, But I'm Only in the 4th Grade

Prevention Science magazine has released a survey that reports 7% of fourth-graders say they have had an alcoholic drink in the past year. The largest jump in underage alcohol use happens between fifth and sixth grade. "Alcohol is the drug of choice for children," says Mary Easley, a co-chair of the Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free. When did you have your first taste of alcohol? For me it was when I was a senior in high school. I was with a group of my football buddies watching Monday Night Football at a friend's house. The dad of my friend gave everybody a bottle of beer to drink while watching the game. It was cheers all around and we drank the beer down. That was my first experience of drinking alcohol. I didn't like the taste and even to this day I don't drink beer. I don't drink for a lot of other reasons, but I won't go into that here. So fourth graders! Where and how do they get the alcohol? Alcohol can't be good, especially for someone of that age.
These are the days my friend,
Jim "Train"