Facts on Teenage Drinking: What Do You Know?
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 at 5:15 am
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Facts on Teenage Drinking
Today we’ll discuss facts on teenage drinking:
- Many teens have their first drink by age 13
- Emotional development is impaired in teenage drinkers
- There is an increase in violence among teens who drink
- STD’s increase in teens who abuse alcohol
- Increased risk of suicide
- PIRE Researchers estimate that around 21% of Homicides involving teens are alcohol related (Source: the Pacific Institute on Research and Evaluation (PIRE) –> Cited in this Article
- Per mile driven, teens aged 16 to 19 are 4 times more likely than adults to crash (Source: cdc.gov )
- Nipping it in the Bud: If you can prevent teenage drinking early on, this can help with alcohol dependence later in life (The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that a teen who starts drinking before age 15 has five times more risk for alcohol dependency than a drinker who begins at age 21)
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Binge Drinking among Teens: Binge Drinking Effects (YouTube video) Also: Binge Drinking Impairs Brain Dev’t (SEE Insightful Video below ):
