Why do teenagers drink and smoke underage?

I mean in my town you can't into any store without seeing a teenager hiding in a corner of the store smoking or drinking, and 99% of they time they are underage, so why do they do it?Why do teenagers drink and smoke underage?
90% of teenagers are just trying to fit into some group. They gain their 'originality' by following what every other teenager is doing. They think because they can drink and smoke, they're awesome. What they dont realize, is that theyre not awesome, and they look stupid.Why do teenagers drink and smoke underage?
because its fun!!!
Because they think it makes them grown up. When I see an under age kid drinking or smoking, I think not only that they are stupid and immature, they will regret this when they get older. Another question that enters my mind, who is the idiot that is buying or selling this stuff for the kids.
They Think It Makes Them Look Older...And Cooler.


Which It Does Not, Kids.
As a teen, and speaking from experience, the feeling that you are ';getting away with something';, knowingly doing something illegal without getting caught, is as much a factor in underage drinkage and or smoking as anything.
wow thats actually a tough question now that i think about it. I'm 16, and I drink and smoke, but I'm trying to cut down on drinking (at least heavy drinking at parties), because it's just stupid and last time i passed out my money was stolen. As a kid i was brought up to believe that it was bad and only bad people do it (not necessarily from my parents, who let me drink, but society in general, such as the anti-drug commercials). when i was 12, I started becoming friends with kids who were pretty big potheads. If I knew they were potheads before, I probably wouldn't have become friends with them. But after I found out, I'm thinking, heres a great kid who I enjoy to hang out with but he smokes. SO what am I gonna do?? Stop being friends with him like they say on the PSA's? After that I didn't smoke it, but viewed it as a recreational choice, but something that I just didn't do. But I started to learn more and more about it. Besides it's mental impact it has on school if you're not responsible, it's harmful effects were greatly exaggerated. And the reasons for its prohibition wasn't promising either (to summarize the entire thing, the plant had to many uses and was to big of a competitor) Maybe I was just mad for being lied to by society. Maybe I felt badass for doing something illegal (I gotta admit it's not gonna be as cool if it's legalized. Doing something illegal makes you feel like you're one of the wise guys in Goodfellas) I started when I was 14 (even though i was in possession of it for like a year which I took from my uncle when he grew it in his mom's backyard. I was waiting for my best friends to come back from Abu Dhabi where they moved a year ago). After that I did it a lot at my camp, where they're very relaxed about it, and I listened to a lot of Bob Marley, and I now I feel spiritual whenever i smoke it, just like I feel when I light incense or, well, pray. And I've come to the conclusion that as long as you can keep control of yourself, if you have strong will, And don't let it effect your grades or aspirations then there is no harm being done. And unlike any other drug or even alcohol, Bud is naturaly. It's grown, dried, then smoked. No processing. That was a bit of a long answer wasn't it?
Drinking gives a buzz and smoking is ';cool';.





Lol why else?
where you ever a teen. its because they want to be independent, grown up, maybe have issues at home, peer pressure, try it and liked it, piss off their parents, be cool, or just don't care. of course i never drank or did drugs and im now in my 30's, but i remember smoking a cig because i was pissed at my mom and thought i'd get her good and everyone else i know did drugs because of their own reasons. i stayed into being fit because i wanted to look good and knew what they would look like today.
because they enjoy it.
well, i grew up in a town of about 250 people, so i drank for entertainment purposes. i don't know why people start smoking though.