There are of course both legal and non-legal consequences. Legal consequences are consequences regarding the law. Non-legal are those effecting a person mentally or physcially. Physical consequences include things such as homicide and suicide. Homicide can automatically connect to nasty legal problems as well. Every year 5000 teens die from alcohol related injuries. 1600 of them are from homicide. Underage drinking can also lead to sexual assault and rape, and both males and females can be victims. Rape drugs are also added to alcoholic drinks which create the risk of sexual assault. The long term affects are alcoholism and many internal problems. It can also damage the brain and trigger memory problems. Drinking makes it harder for teens to make accurate decisions and it is said that drinking alcohol increases the risk of students killing themselves. But suicide is only just a small percentage of drinking related deaths every year. Legal consequences are not as harsh as everybody thinks. But everything depends on where the teen lives. They may only lose their drivers license. But some may end up serving time in jail. Sometimes drinking can be related to another serious crime (rape, homicide) which increases the consequences. Another consequence can be put on the parents, or relatives of the teen. They may end up having to paty heavy fines and adults are also at risk of having to serve jail time.