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[-] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago

Teach them to drink responsibly while they still want to hang out with you when you're drinking. Prohibition until 21 just encourages binge drinking.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What the fuck? Prohibition until 21 keeps developing brains from being damaged

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/alcohol-harms-the-brain-in-teen-years-before-and-after-that-too-2021011521758

In a recent editorial in The BMJ, a trio of scientists pointed out that there are three periods in life when the brain goes through major changes and is particularly vulnerable to the effects of alcohol. Two of those periods are at the beginning and end of life. When pregnant women drink alcohol, it can damage the developing brain of the fetus, leading to physical problems, learning disabilities, and behavioral problems. When people over the age of 65 drink alcohol, it can worsen declines in brain function that happen during aging.

The third period is adolescence. During those years of transition between childhood and adulthood, the brain grows and changes in many important ways that are crucial for that transition to be successful. When teens and young adults drink alcohol, it can interfere with that process of brain development in ways that affect the rest of their lives.

https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4691

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