Social influences, peer pressure and parental norms are some of the factors that cause under age drinking among adolescents. Severe consequences can occur when adolescents use or abuse alcohol if they are not addressed in a timely manner. ... Peer pressure is one that most people understand because we have been faced with it at some point in our lives due to transitions or stress. ... It was shown that fatality injuries female underage drivers were less likely than makes in 2009 to have high BAL. A high BAL can lead alcohol poison and other health factors among underage drinkers. ...

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According to Milam, physiology decides if a person will be an alcoholic (Milam 35). ... Biological Treatment Approaches (Pharmacotherapy) Biological approaches include a variety of treatments such as a variety of medications that reduce the alcoholics craving for alcohol, and that reduces stress during the detoxification process. ... The medication causes nausea, vomiting, flushing, and increased blood pressure and heart rate when the patient ingests alcohol. ... O"Malley, Jaffe, Rode, and Rounsaville (1996) have shown that naltrexone reduced the alcohol intake and lowered the need to ...

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