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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Booze putting teen brains at risk


A GENERATION of Victorian teenagers are drinking themselves into oblivion, with more than a quarter of 15-year-olds bingeing until they black out - the point at which brain damage is likely to occur.

Research has also found that more than a third of 11-year-old boys have consumed alcohol.

The figures, contained in a study by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, have alarmed brain development experts who say a generation of young people are destroying their chances of reaching their full potential. . . . . . . .

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