Blogging for Freedom

It's about time research was done into the effects of alcohol consumption, especially binge drinking, on the physiology of young drinkers.  MUCH MORE SERIOUS than previously thought.  Parents, instead of obsessing about your teens smoking marijuana, it's alcohol that's damaging and killing them right under your noses.

From the New York Times by Katy Butler "There is no doubt about it now: there are long-term cognitive consequences to excessive drinking of alcohol in adolescence," said Aaron White, an assistant research professor in the psychiatry department at Duke University and the co-author of a recent study of extreme drinking on college campuses.

"We definitely didn't know 5 or 10 years ago that alcohol affected the teen brain differently," said Dr. White, who has also been involved in research at Duke on alcohol in adolescent rats. "Now there's a sense of urgency. It's the same place we were in when everyone realized what a bad thing it was for pregnant women to drink alcohol."

*** Note from DC: What is so freaking ironic is that right above this article they've got a rotating green banner with a big marijuana leaf with the message  "Parents, don't think marijuana can harm your kids?  Get the straight facts." with a link to one of the many DEA-sponsored "anti-drug educational" websites. Wherever blatant and flagrant disinformation is disseminated you can find the US government at work.