REASON 3: Drinking May Make You Vulnerable Youth who are drinking are more vulnerable to dangerous situations and often can’t escape or protect themselves from the threat of rape or assault. Your child probably trusts the people they are around, and you may trust them too, but alcohol can turn situations dangerous. 85% of women who have been sexually assaulted were assaulted by someone they knew. REASON 4: Underage Drinking Can Lead to Addiction No one aspires to have an alcohol abuse problem. Yet most people believe they can control their drinking and will not become an alcoholic themselves.
Research clearly shows, however, that the younger a person starts drinking, the greater the chance they will develop alcohol problems later in life. Adults who started drinking at age 15 or 16 are five times more likely to be diagnosed with alcohol dependence as adults who started drinking after age 21.
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