This drug causes brain damage.

"California researchers who compared the brains of teen drinkers to non-drinkers found that young alcohol users suffered damage to nerve tissues that could cause attention deficits among boys and faulty visual information processing among girls.

NPR reported Jan. 25 that researcher Susan Tapert of the University of California at San Diego and colleagues studied the brains of 12- to 14-year-olds, starting before they began drinking and following them as some began using alcohol. Researchers found that those who binged on alcohol did worse on thinking and memory tests, but that the impairment differed by gender.

Adolescents, whose brains are still developing, are at particular risk from brain damage resulting from alcohol use, the researchers concluded. Taper's research showed that teen drinking negatively affected both the white matter (nerve tissue) and hippocampus region of the brain.

The study appears in the December 2009 issue of the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors."

http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2010/teen-drinkers-suffer-nerve.html

alcohol kills brain cells?

who would have thought?

Then why do parents give alcohol to their kids and let them drink?

Why is there not a warning label on the product itself?

Why is this NOT a major issue? This is another reason we are falling behind in education in this country and have a high dropout rate.

Why does this product get a free pass?

first, they don't get a free pass. it's illegal

second, I just don't see millions of drunk teens layiing in the streets. it might be a issue but it's not a epidemic

Beg your pardon? It is indeed an epidemic...

"Research tells a sobering story: 75 percent of 12th graders have tried alcohol; 30 percent say they’ve been drunk in the past month; and each year nearly 150,000 teens wind up in the emergency room with alcohol-related injuries.

Teens drink to get drunk. Teen drinking is illegal and it’s a parent’s responsibility to protect kids from its dangers. Watch On The Rocks: The Epidemic of Teen Drinking with your family and start an important discussion, armed with facts, details of real-life situations, and expert opinion about teen drinking and its effects. No one wants their kids to spend their childhood drunk – and it’s time to stop the trend."

Just Google "teen drinking epidemic"

http://www.connectwithkids.com/products/ontherocks.shtml

What are we doing about it? Virtually NOTHING.

It is nearing epidemc proportions in the UK you know...

Yeah, they are trying to raise the legal drinking age from 5 to 16 yrs old, they have major problems there.

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/fabulous/features/286029/Gymslip-Drunks.html