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It takes an adult about
5 - 15 years to become physically addicted to alcohol.
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It only takes an adolescent
6 months - 2 years to become physically addicted to alcohol.
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Adolescents do not drink
socially. Typically, adolescents drink to get a buzz or to get drunk.
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Over 38% of drownings are
alcohol related.
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One 12 oz. beer has as
much alcohol as 1.5 oz. shot of whiskey or a 5 oz. glass of wine.
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The average age that an
adolescent starts drinking is 11 years old for boys and 13 years old
for girls.
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Adolescents who begin drinking
before the age of 15 are more likely to develop alcohol depency than
those who being at the age of 21.
