Risks of Drinking Alcohol Before Age 15

We are all aware that alcoholic beverages are dangerous for our health. We may have been educated already of the risks of taking in alcoholic drinks. Now a recent study has shown that drinking alcoholic beverages before age 15 even puts higher risk of developing alcohol problems.

According to Deborah Dawson, author and a staff scientist at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism said in a news release from the institute, "The key finding of this study was that people who started drinking before age 15 and to a lesser extent those who started drinking at agest 15 - 17 were more likely to become alcohol dependent as adults than people who waited until 18 or older to start drinking,"

Researchers believe that this would likely develop into frequent heavy drinking even at a very early age. They analyzed the results of a study conducted to 22,000 US drinkers of 18 years and above.

It is very, very important for parents to be involved in order to prevent early drinking to avoid developing AUD's (alcohol use disorder).



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