Consequences of Alcohol Use and Abuse Among Adolescent School Children

• School Performance

  • truancy rates 2.5x greater for 12th graders that got drunk in the last month
  • GPA has negative correlation with drinking rate

• Social Development

  • impaired social development
  • personal problems with family and friends

• Interpersonal Violence

  • Date Rape

Source: O’Malley et al, “Alcohol Use Among Adolescents”, Alcohol Health and Research World, 22(2), pp85-93 (1998)

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