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It is said that if a drinking age weren't strictly enforced and people below the age of 18 had opportunities to learn how to drink responsibility before college, fewer teenagers would misuse alcohol. Dwight B. Heath, a Professor at Brown points out the ‘forbidden fruit’ syndrome that is created when the drinking age is so high.
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]
How much you drink may impact your teens, according to a new study. And experts explain why we should delay teen drinking as long as possible.
Alcohol intoxication affects the brain, causing slurred speech, clumsiness, and delayed reflexes. There is an increased risk of developing an alcohol use disorder for teenagers while their brain is still developing. [2] Adolescents who drink have a higher probability of injury including death. [2]
“When people of the previous generation think of drinking, they think of binge drinking. They think of going to a bar, slamming back 12 drinks and being hammered the next night.
"What you’re saying to your child is, ‘It’s OK to drink under the age of 18.’”
A notable exception to the lower rates of binge drinking in Southern Europe is the Mediterranean island of Malta, which has adopted the British culture of binge drinking, and where teenagers, often still in their early teens, are able to buy alcohol and drink it in the streets of the main club district, Paceville, due to a lack of police ...
Risk factors for developing alcohol dependence or misuse include drinking before the age of 15, genetics or a family history of alcohol problems and mental health conditions or a history of trauma ...