The PATS study also indicates that youth are starting to drink at a younger age with about 10 percent of nine-year-olds reporting they had consumed more than a sip of alcohol. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) reports that one-third of children, ages 12 to 17, had their first drink before 13. Very young drinkers are becoming a major concern. Unfortunately, this trend will have serious consequences in the future since research from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism indicates that children who begin drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to have drinking problems than those who start drinking at age 21 or later.
Studies have zeroed in on several important factors in predicting a first-grader’s subsequent use of substances: shyness, aggressiveness, rebelliousness, and gender. External risk factors include; substance use among peers, drug use by parents, and troubles with the police, what they see at home modeled at home, socially, media and music.
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