Coalition Targets Underage Drinking
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Updated: 10:54 PM Oct 26, 2009
Coalition Targets Underage Drinking
Meridian, Miss.
Agencies involved with the Smarter Choices Community Coalition Monday talked about ways to prevent underage drinking.
Posted: 6:25 PM Oct 26, 2009
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Posted by: Lisa Frederiksen Location: California on Oct 27, 2009 at 10:54 AM

In my work, I'm finding that the new brain research on brain development, ages 12 - 25, is also helping people better understand and appreciate the reasons underage drinking is different and more problematic than drinking as an adult. This effort to address underage drinking is critical -- the U.S. Surgeon General reports that persons ages 18-20 have the highest rate of alcohol dependence (alcoholism) in the U.S. This link explains how a person can become an alcoholic before age 21, http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2009/05/28/how-teens-can-become-alcoholics-before-age-21/