5 facts about the effects of alcohol on young people

Number 3.11 February 2005
For young people

Drinking alcohol is often looked upon as being cool, but in reality it's not. There are a lot of reasons not to drink alcohol when you are a teenager but one of the most important ones is that it can affect your brain. Alcohol affects the brains of teenagers differently from the way it affects adults—it actually stops your brain developing normally!

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