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DEATH – 5,000 PEOPLE UNDER AGE 21 DIE EACH YEAR FROM ALCOHOL RELATED CAR ACCIDENTS, HOMICIDES/SUICIDES AND ALCOHOL POISONING BUT ALSO OTHER INJURIES SUCH AS FALLS, BURNS, AND DROWNING.
INCREASED RISK FOR PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULT – YOUTH WHO DRINK ARE MORE LIKELY TO CARRY OUT OR BE THE VICTIM OF A PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ASSAULT.
INCREASED RISK FOR PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULT – YOUTH WHO DRINK ARE MORE LIKELY TO CARRY OUT OR BE THE VICTIM OF A PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ASSAULT.
cONsequences
-SCHOOL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS HIGHER ABSENCE AND POOR OR FAILING GRADES.
- SOCIAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS FIGHTING AND LACK OF PARTICIPATION IN YOUTH ACTIVITIES.
- LEGAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS ARREST FOR DRIVING OR PHYSICALLY HURTING SOMEONE WHILE DRUNK.
- PHYSICAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS HANGOVERS OR ILLNESSES.
- UNWANTED, UNPLANNED, AND UNPROTECTED SEXUAL ACTIVITY.
- DISRUPTION OF NORMAL GROWTH AND SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT.
- PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
- HIGHER RISK FOR SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE.
- ALCOHOL-RELATED CAR CRASHES AND OTHER UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES, SUCH AS BURNS, FALLS, AND -DROWNING.
- MEMORY PROBLEMS.
- ABUSE OF OTHER DRUGS.
- CHANGES IN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY HAVE LIFE-LONG EFFECTS.
- DEATH FROM ALCOHOL POISONING.