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Healthy Children Radio: Underage Drinking (Audio)

Peer pressure is huge for adolescents. Studies show that kids who have their first whole drink (whole drink--not just sips) before age 15 have a four times higher risk of developing alcoholism.

Pediatrician and substance abuse expert Sharon Levy, MD, FAAP, comes on the Healthy Children Radio show to discuss what impacts when a teen will start drinking, and what parents can do about it.

 

Published
1/23/2013 12:00 AM