Teenage Alcoholism
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?? Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drowning pointing to alcoholism as the causes of death” (NIAAA).... On the other hand, “more than three times the number of girls from the eighth-grade who are addicted to alcohol said they have attempted to commit suicide compared to other girls in that grade who do not drink alcohol”(MedicineNet....