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Ask most any 16 year old and up teen and you will find out that the vast majority of them have drank. There is extreme health consequences for any age drinking but in particular underage drinking.

A 22-year-old New Hampshire man was arrested, tried, and charged with violation of privacy after he recorded underage girls in a Target bathroom. Transgender equality has been a rising problem in the United States, and Target's motion to allow gender neutral bathrooms may be causing more harm than good. Many feel this is allowing people to easily take advantage of the progress Target is trying to make, and more instances of men and underage girls are surfacing and are requiring attention, and whether Transgender friendly bathrooms are creating and unsafe environment.

Even though child labor laws were passed decades ago prohibiting employment of underage youngsters, pockets of oppressive child labor exist, literally, on American soil; child farm laborers work long hours in squalid conditions and often receive half the standard minimum wage.

This is a very strong topic. Mostly because children can't really speak up, and we are the ones that need to do it for them. You're childhood should be something you enjoy and not have to struggle through. And the fact that they are always taken advantage of, with low wages and horrible working conditions, makes it an extreme priority in social justice issues.

Prescription drug abuse in teens is becoming more of a problem than underage drinking. An organization is reaching out to local pharmacies to put out brochures on statistics for drug and alcohol abuse in teens.

Every year in Rajasthan, India, an unbelievable number of underage brides are married off illegally by their parents. These girls face severe emotional and physical abuse in most cases, and even though the marriage of a child under the age of 18 is illegal, it is still a prominent practice within the country.