What are the mental and physical effects of underage drinking ?!

Underage drinking brings about so many negative effects that it's hard to list all of them, but I'll give you the number one downfall and that is the fact that alcoholism is a progressive disease, most alcoholics start drinking in their youth, this disease carries on with them throughout their adulthood, with it, it brings about insanity, jail, family problems, divorce, and denial, oh not to mention health problems. If you or anyone you know has family members who are alcoholics or live in a family where someone drinks, be aware this is a family disease, it effects not only the alcoholic but everyone who comes in close contact with the alcoholic. Their are ways of coming to terms with the disease and changing ones life, theirs AA and other self help groups.Health Question & Answer

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Alcohol is the drug of choice among youth. Many young people are experiencing the consequences of drinking too much, at too early an age. As a result, underage drinking is a leading public health problem in this country.

Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drownings (1

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