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Can’t remember last night? 48% of drinkers have had a blackout by age 19 – The Conversation AU
Adolescents who had more and more blackouts each year had a much higher risk of developing severe alcohol problems.
Alcohol-related blackouts arent good for anybodys health, but they are particularly dangerous for young people.
Our recent research found blackouts are common once young people start drinking. At age 14, nearly one in ten adolescents who drank alcohol in the past year had a blackout.
By age 19, around 48% had experienced a blackout.
We also found around 14% of young Australians in our study had more and more alcohol-related blackouts as they aged through adolescence. Females were three times more…
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