Thank you Center for Disease Control and their Morbidity and Mortality report for this blurb of information:
The CDC studied high schoolers in Nebraska, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Wyoming, and found the following:
In all four states, liquor was the most prevalent type of alcoholic beverage usually consumed among students who reported current alcohol use, ranging from 34.1% in Nebraska to 44.7% in Arkansas. The second most prevalent type of alcohol usually consumed was either beer or malt beverages (beer in Nebraska, malt beverages in Arkansas, and beer and malt beverages nearly equally in New Mexico and Wyoming). Wine was the least prevalent type of alcohol usually consumed in all four states, ranging from 1.6% in Arkansas and Wyoming to 3.1% in New Mexico.
The CDC has two common-sense explanations for liquor's popularity: it gets teens drunk faster, and it can be mixed with "other beverages such as soft drinks."
No more shitty Natty Light for these kids! Have a whiskey sour on me, ladies and gents.
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