About one in three high school students admit to drinking alcohol in the past month, according to the latest Morbidity and Mortality report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Even more troubling is the fact that one in six admitted to binge drinking. More than two in five said they consumed eight or more drinks in a row.

Overall, the prevalence of drinking among high school aged children declined from 50.8 percent in 1991 to 32.8 percent in 2015.

The prevalence of binge drinking increased from 31.3 percent in 1991 to 31.5 percent in 1999, but has since declined to 17.7 percent in 2015.

Dr. Robert Brewer with the CDC in Atlanta says, “We are talking about young people in the 14 to 17 or maybe 18 year age group, all clearly under age." He says they should not be drinking at all.

Since the teens are not old enough to buy the alcohol, most admit to having someone who is older buy it for them.

"I think it is reasonable to assume that in some cases those might have been older siblings or friends and maybe even parents or guardians," says Brewer.

According to government estimates, each year 4,300 people under the age of 21 die from excessive alcohol consumption.

In 2010, underage drinking cost the United States and estimated $24.3 billion.