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Alcohol & Adolescents

This guide explores the complex factors contributing to alcohol use among adolescents. It highlights the role of peer pressure, decreased parental supervision, and advertising effects that promote underage drinking. Adolescents face unique risks due to their still-developing brains, which can lead to lower mental abilities and academic performance. Binge drinking and associated behaviors, such as driving under the influence and risky sexual actions, are discussed. Effective prevention strategies, including school involvement and parental communication, are emphasized to help mitigate these risks.

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Alcohol & Adolescents

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  1. Alcohol & Adolescents

  2. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underagedrinking/educatorguide.pdfhttp://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underagedrinking/educatorguide.pdf

  3. Adolescents and alcohol use (Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, 2010)

  4. In Oregon …

  5. Why do youth choose to drink? • Similar to tobacco… • Peer pressure • Risk-taking behavior associated with adolescence • Decreased parental supervision / greater independence • Increased stress • Advertising

  6. Effects of alcohol on adolescents • Increases risk-taking behaviors • Decreased academic performance • May lead to drug use • Health risks • Brain development

  7. Alcohol and brain development • Teen’s brain more easily damaged by alcohol than an adult’s brain • More likely to have significantly lower mental abilities • Decrease ability to learn • Hippocampus is smaller • Loss of motor skills • http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1777088n

  8. Binge drinking • http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/60-minutes-drinking-age-debate/e0c295eb031a685e6430e0c295eb031a685e6430-228061348994?q=amethyst%20initiative • For males: 5 drinks in one sitting • For females: 4 drinks in one sitting • Those who binge drink: • 10x more likely to drink and drive • Get lower grades • 40% black out as a result of drinking • 30% have unplanned sex as a result of drinking • 30% have argued with friends as a result of drinking • Harvard School of Public Health

  9. Alcohol advertising • “Research clearly indicates that alcohol advertising and marketing also have a significant effect by influencing youth and adult expectations and attitudes, and helping to create an environment that promotes underage drinking.” (Center for Alcohol Marketing and Youth, 2010) • Adolescents do not feel that advertising has an effect • But studies show that the brain reacts differently in drinkers than non-drinkers. (Why21.com)

  10. (CAMY, 2010)

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  17. Prevention Programs • Encourage school involvement • Parents, teachers, role models – communicate! • Provide alcohol-free opportunities • Know the risks • Enforce the laws

  18. Energy drinks • Go hand-in-hand with alcohol use. • What is the concern? • Health effects? • Solutions? http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Four+Loko&view=detail&id=3424CF8CBE0441D380C35EA0949C9EBE2B4EECB4&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR

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