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A legal drinking age for the buying or consuming of alcohol is in place in many of the world's countries, typically with the intent to protect the young from alcohol-related harm. [9] This age varies between countries; for example, the legal drinking age for Australia is 18, whereas the legal drinking age in the United States is 21. [9]
greater than 7 standard drinks units per week or greater than 3 standard drinks on a single occasion in women [10] any drinking in pregnant women or persons < 21 years old [10] Binge drinking is a pattern of alcohol consumption that brings blood alcohol concentration ≥ 0.08%, usually corresponding to:
In 2008, Gallup reported that 77% of the population over 18 oppose the 18-year drinking age. [9] As it stands, any state that lowers its alcohol purchase or possession age would lose five percent of its federal highway funding. [10] This could range from a $6 million–150 million loss for any single state.
The risk of alcohol dependence begins at low levels of drinking and increases directly with both the volume of alcohol consumed and a pattern of drinking larger amounts on an occasion, to the point of intoxication, which is sometimes called binge drinking. Binge drinking is the most common pattern of alcoholism.
However, teens who drink alcohol on average consume more alcohol in one sitting than most adults, and nearly half of all teens who consumed some amount of alcohol in the past 30 days had done so in excess. [131] Not only are teen drinkers more likely to get drunk, but the effects of drunkenness are worse.
Instead of coping in a healthy way, “I responded by drinking too much,” he said. “I drank to obliterate it, to make it go away." RELATED: See Michael J. Fox and his family through the years.
Similarly, about two-thirds of teenagers have engaged in sexual intercourse by the time they leave high school. [22] As drinking and having sex may be common in adolescence, many researchers include them as aspects of youth culture. [12]
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