A team of researchers from the U.S., Britain and New Zealand have found that teens who begin drinking or using drugs before age 15 are more likely to engage in risky behavior well into their 30s than are individuals who remained mostly sober until much later. The risk was prevalent regardless of the teens' backgrounds or family histories.

"The 'good kids,' who were without behavior problems as children and didn't have any of the family risk factors, but who began using drugs and alcohol before 15, ended up being 3.6 times more likely to be dependent on substances at age 32. They were also more likely than the other good kids to wind up with a criminal conviction and a herpes infection."

The study did not find the same results for kids who tried alcohol or drugs just once or twice. It was only the kids who were "invested" in a lifestyle of regular use that were at risk. Source: PsychCentral

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A study conducted by the University of Pittsburgh has found that substance abuse disorders in teenagers are strong predictors that the teens will die at a younger age, possibly before the age of twenty-five.

"Previous studies have shown that many teens who engage in alcohol and drug use and other high-risk behavior believed they would die within two years. 'Unfortunately, this insight on the part of some teens apparently does not eliminate these problem behaviors,' said Dr. Clark."

Researchers followed 870 teens for eight years, to track behavior and mortality. Twenty-one of those teenagers, about 2 percent, died when or before they were twenty-five. Males accounted for 14 of these deaths, which translates to a 10-percent mortality rate for males with substance abuse disorders. Source: Medical News Today

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