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The post Teen Binge Drinking Can Damage the Brain shares the results of new research that documents the effects of alcohol on the developing brains of rats.
“Researchers studied the brains of adolescent rats that were allowed to binge on an alcohol gel for 20 days, and found that the rats showed poor judgment even three weeks after the binge period ended.” The Fresh Story Blog.
The proposition that decreased cognitive abilities continue well beyond a period of use is consistent with the experience of many at risk teens as they begin a therapeutic intervention.
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