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==James Gammill...Menifee Valley Middle School...jgammill@menifeeusd.org == ===The minimum age at which people can legally consume alcohol in the United States is 21 years old. So why should we include a unit on "Alcohol and Your Health" in a health course for young teenagers? Well, consider the following facts:=== 2. Teens who begin drinking before age 15 are five times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who begin drinking at age 21. ** **4. ** The three leading causes of death for 15- to 24-year-olds are automobile crashes, homicides and suicides -- alcohol is a leading factor in all three. (Facts from [|Focus Adolescent Services]) To make good decisions related to their health, teens need to know how the drug "Alcohol" affects their bodies and their judgment. ** || = =
 * Teen Health 7 [[image:http://plsinfo.org/reads/teen_titles/teen_links/images/teenhealth.jpg width="77" height="83"]] Alcohol & Your Health - Unit of Practice **
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 * 1. The average age when people first try alcohol is 11 years for boys and 13 years for girls.
 * 3. Over three million teenagers are alcoholics, which means they are addicted to the drug alcohol. Several million more have a serious drinking problem that they cannot manage on their own.
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