MedPage Today (1/30, Henderson) reports a study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that “most teen alcohol use that escalated to having 10 or more drinks in a row reached that level rapidly during the high school years.” In “a sample of youth who reported drinking in the prior 30 days when surveyed in the 12th grade and who said they engaged in high-intensity drinking (HID)…when surveyed again around age 20, initiation of all three levels of alcohol use – first drink, binging on five or more drinks in a row, and HID – primarily occurred during high school grades 9 to 12,” and “it happened fast,” according to researchers.
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