The present study aims to describe the correlation between peer pressure and alcohol consumption in 50 university students between 16 and 22 years old, students from the Universidad San Buenaventura Medellin, Ibague Extension in partnership with the Fundacion Universitaria San Martin, for which the Questionnaire of Resistance to Peer Pressure and alcohol consumption (CRPG) was applied, which measures the pressure of the group under three components: direct peer pressure, indirectly peer pressure and pressure level perceived. According to the findings was evident that men and women have high scores (84%) in resistance to peer pressure even if evidence of heavy alcohol consumption (80%) and non-consumption (20%). The frequency of consumption is moderate in both (60%) and beverages that are prevalent: beer (42%), spirits (21%) and rum (16%). © Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales.