that life expectancy has improved over the past 75 years for every age group in America except 15- to 24-year-olds. The death rate for this group has risen over the past 20 years; the leading cause of death in this group is attributed to drunk and drugged driving, including passenger deaths and the deaths of innocent bystanders. Alcohol is estimated to cause 100,000 deaths a year in the United States in all age groups; 41 percent of all traffic fatalities in the country in 1996 were alcohol related, and alcohol-related crashes cost more than $50 billion annually, including the expense of pain, suffering, and lost quality of life.
College students spend $5.5 billion a yea
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