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For Young Males
Age 9 -13: about 3 drinks
Age 14 -15: about 4 drinks
Age 16 -17+: about 5 drinks
For Young Females
Age 9 – 17+: about 3 drinks
A few quick facts
Binge drinking
Binge drinking can lead to difficulty concentrating, problems with memory, mood changes, and alcohol poisoning.
Alcohol poisoning
Alcohol poisoning affects the body’s involuntary reflexes – including breathing and the gag reflex, as well as the bloodstream. If the gag reflex isn’t working right, a person can choke to death on his or her own vomit.
https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/underagedrinking/Underage_Fact.pdf http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/binge-drink.html Underage Drinking, (2017). National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Retrieved from https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/underagedrinking/Underage_Fact.pdf