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Alert Labs Blog - Brain Damage in Teen Years Continues to Limit Achievements in Adulthood
posted on Nov 7th 2009 at 12:00am by Dr. Harper
Report of the American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/no-index/about-ama/13555.shtml
Teen drinking results in brain damage, especially in learning and memory, that may be beyond repair. The overrall damage to intellectual development is not limited to the teenage years but continues throughout adulthood. Those affected by underage drinking can NEVER catch up with those who did not drink during the teen years:
"Underage alcohol use is associated with brain damage and neurocognitive deficits.The harmful consequences of underage drinking have implications for the learning abilities and intellectual development of underage drinkers. Impaired intellectual development may continue to affect individuals even after they have entered adulthood."
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