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Harmful Consequences of Alcohol Use on the Brains of Children, Adolescents, and College Students (PDF, 69KB)
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/388/harmful_consequences.pdf

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AMA report on alcohol's adverse effects on the brains of children, adolescents and college students

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Why is this report important?

The average age of a child's first drink is now 12, and nearly 20 percent of 12 to 20 year-olds are considered binge drinkers. While many believe that underage drinking is an inevitable "rite of passage" that adolescents can easily recover from because their bodies are more resilient, the opposite is true.

The adolescent brain

The brain goes through dynamic change during adolescence, and alcohol can seriously damage long- and short-term growth processes. Frontal lobe development and the refinement of pathways and connections continue until age 16, and a high rate of energy is used as the brain matures until age 20. Damage from alcohol at this time can be long-term and irreversible. In addition, short-term or moderate drinking impairs learning and memory far more in youth than adults. Adolescents need only drink half as much to suffer the same negative effects.

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Þessi bullandi alkóhólisti, sem er þó bráðgáfaður og búinn að fara i meðferð og öll hans fjölskylda lika, er búinn að ganga í gegnum helvíti í áfengis- og vímuefnamálum og er ekki vitrari en svo eftir allt saman en að mæla með því að 16 ára unglingar fái að kaupa sér áfengi.

Hvernig eigum við venjulegt fólk að geta varast þetta lævísa eitur sem áfengi er þegar bestu og gáfuðustu menn í okkar röðum kunna ekki fótum sínum forráð.