Underage drinking refers to minors who consume alcohol. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21, but the limit varies from 16-18 in other countries. Underage drinking is very dangerous as alcohol consumption can lead to risky behavior such as unprotected sex, driving under the influence, and alcohol-related injuries. In addition, parts of the brain are still developing, so exposure to alcohol can affect cognitive development.
Youngsters who binge drink are risking their mental health later in life says a new study conducted by researchers at the Loyola University Health System. Past studies have shown that excessive drinking can cause cognitive impairment in adolescents because the brains of young adults are still developing. Lead researcher, Toni Pak, PhD, states that teens [...]
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A new study, which will be published in the September issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, found that young adults with a religious upbringing are more likely to refrain from problem alcohol use than their non-religious counterparts during adolescence, even if they are predisposed to developing alcohol dependence.
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After a state-sponsored program to stage a mock drunk-driving accident was scrapped, parents and teachers sought a different way to educate students at California’s Burbank High School about the dangers of drinking and driving. After administrators cancelled the mock accident (called “Every 15 Minutes), arguing that a one-time shock approach failed to reach today’s teenagers, [...]
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A new study reveals that adolescents who watch R-rated movies are more likely to try alcohol at a young age. Published in the March issue of Prevention Science, a scientific journal of the Society for Prevention Research, the study of 6,255 children examined the relationship between watching R-rated movies and the probability of alcohol use [...]
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Stop Drunk Driving Now, a New England drunk driving awareness campaign, has partnered with Boston-based Illumina Records to recruit 30 teens from Vermont and across the region to make an album to contribute to the national fight against drunk driving deaths.
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Half of Australian adults and 63 percent of wealthier Australians believe 15- to 17-year-olds should be allowed to consume alcohol under parental supervision at home, according to the latest MBF Healthwatch survey.
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In Australia, where one must only be 18 to drink legally, federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon dismissed calls to increase the drinking age to 19, although she did acknowledge that 70 young people are admitted to the hospital and four young people die every week because of alcohol abuse.
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A recent study by researchers at the University of Washington found that alcohol can produce devastating effects on the brains of adolescent rats, leading to poor decision-making later in life.
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A British lemonade brand has sparked a police inquiry in Maine because of its alcohol content. The Associated Press reports that a high school student in Maine consumed half a bottle of Fentimans lemonade before reading about the alcohol content, which was listed on the lable as less than 0.5 percent.
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A former Massachusetts fire captain, his wife, and their son pleaded guilty to providing alcohol to minors, which led to the death of a young man who had just left their home. David A. Holman, 19, died after the car he was driving flipped over and hit a tree on July 29, 2007. Police learned [...]
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