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Alcoholism

Adult drinking risk jumps 12% per year as youths drink younger and younger

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 19th, 2004

Researchers with the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions have quantified the increased risk of having a drinking problem as an adult that is faced by individuals who start drinking alcohol as adolescents.

The likelihood of alcohol abuse or dependence later in life increases by 12% for each year of decrease in the age at first drink for both men and women, they reported in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

They also reported that the earlier an individual began drinking alcohol, the greater the degree of alcohol intoxication experienced routinely on typical drinking occasions in adulthood.

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