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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday November 05 2017, @08:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-more-beer-in-the-baby's-bottle dept.

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Although drinking by U.S. adolescents has decreased during the last decade, more than 20 percent of U.S. high-school students continue to drink alcohol before the age of 14 years. This can have adverse effects on their neurodevelopment. For example, youth who initiate drinking before 14 years of age are four times more likely to develop psychosocial, psychiatric, and substance-use difficulties than those who begin drinking after turning 20 years of age. Little is known about how the age of alcohol-use onset influences brain development. This is the first study to assess the association between age of adolescent drinking onset and neurocognitive performance, taking into account pre-existing cognitive function.

AND see also: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.13503

Source: http://www.newswise.com/articles/early-age-of-drinking-leads-to-neurocognitive-and-neuropsychological-damage


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by c0lo on Sunday November 05 2017, @12:39PM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday November 05 2017, @12:39PM (#592487) Journal

    This is one more way to demonstrate that our society is broken.

    You are correct in this conclusion, but wrong in the details.

    In generations past, as well as in today's Europe, children are commonly given a glass of wine or beer at dinner. That is, children are included in social drinking.

    No, in today's Europe, they are not. At rare occasions, they may be given a minimal amount of wine, just to satisfy their curiosity for the taste and to mark that as a very special occasion. When I received a bit of beer, I couldn't for the life of me understand how the adults can drink it.

    Yes, you are right, at approx 15-16 years (which is deep into teenage), the alcohol consumption is relaxed... better said, it is put into their responsibility.
    Which usually results into a heavy drinking session (eg at a party), most of the time with all the embarrassing moments (including the "kissing the toilet" or "shouting at the toilet" - various styles of vomiting get labelled, much like the noise behaviour during an orgasm).
    It serves as a reminder of how much a fool one can make of oneself when s/he loses control. There may be one or two exploratory sessions later until the youngster learns to explore and recognize her/his specific limits.

    It is not the alcohol consumption that is shamed/shunned by the society, it is the behaviour that result from it.
    And this is normal: I don't care how much you drink if you still can have a civil behaviour.

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  • (Score: 2) by t-3 on Monday November 06 2017, @02:11AM

    by t-3 (4907) on Monday November 06 2017, @02:11AM (#592767)

    My parents let me try a sip of beer when I was 5 or 6. It was so disgusting I didn't drink again until I was 20. Of course, I then had a hand-me-down lookalike ID and a corinthian leather jacket + full beard and got wasted every other night at every bar around.