WASHINGTON — Many of the nation’s estimated 10.8 million underage drinkers are turning to their parents or other adults for free alcohol.
A survey of teens from 2002 to 2006 said slightly more than half had engaged in underage drinking.
Asked about the source of alcohol, 40 percent they got it from an adult for free over the past month, the survey said. Of those, about one in four said they got it from an unrelated adult, one in 16 got it from a parent or guardian and one in 12 got it from another adult family member.
Roughly 4 percent reported taking the alcohol from their home.
The study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration was released today.
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