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Liquor is the beverage of choice for underage drinkers, according to a study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The study of public school students in grades 9-12 was conducted in 2005 across four states, Arkansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming.  Current alcohol use was defined as one drink in the past 30 days, and binge drinking was defined as five or more drinks in one day within the past 30 days.  The study also compared results from a 1990 survey.

Liquor was determined to be the beverage of choice, averaging about 40% of the respondents.  Beer followed a distant second, while wine barely registered.  The prevalence of binge drinking ranged from 28.6% in New Mexico to 32.0% in Wyoming.  Wyoming also listed the highest reported current use at 45.4%.  Both drinking and binge drinking were up from the 1990 study.