Be aware that nearly half of high school children drink alcohol and do so to the point of intoxication. Binge drinking, or having more than 5 drinks, is common among those that drink.
Additionally, drinking is also associated with other high risk behaviors as identified below.
• Sexual activity
• Smoking tobacco
• Victim of dating violence
• Attempted suicides
• Illegal drug use.
School performance also decreased. Binge drinkers were much more likely to be D and F students.
Binge drinking, as might be suspected, increased as one aged. There was little difference between boys and girls in terms of binge drinking, which was particularly worrisome to the researchers in terms of reproductive health of the girls. Additionally, girls have a lower weight and less of the enzyme responsible for metabolizing alcohol per unit of body mass which makes girls more prone to serious physical consequences of alcohol.
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