According to the statistics of Teen Drug Abuse, the United States spends $58,000,000,000,000 on underage drinking. Alcohol kills 6 1/2 more teenagers than all the other illegal drugs combined. Teenagers who parents talk to them regularly from their parents about drugs are less likely to take drugs when they are older. More than 60% of teens had drugs sold, kept, or used at their school. 20% of 8th graders have tried marijuana and 28% of teens know someone who have used ecstasy.