Teenagers drank more than $17 billion worth of alcohol in 2016, a new study finds. Here’s why experts worry that COVID-19 has fueled the fire of underage drinking.

A study found that young people in the US consumed more than $17 billion worth of alcohol in 2016. One co-author of the study named hard seltzers as a driver of underage alcohol consumption. A psychiatrist told Insider that the pandemic has exacerbated alcohol consumption among youth. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Underage youths consumed nearly one-tenth of
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