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Hindered Decision-Making Abilities Binge drinking has been associated with a variety of risky behaviors. When adolescents binge drink, their cognitive and motor skills are impaired. This leads to impairment in one’s decision-making abilities, with risky, often dangerous behaviors such as unwanted or unsafe sexual activity, drunk driving, violence, or illegal drug use as a result. Unwanted/unsafe sexual activity
Drunk driving
Zero tolerance laws, which make it illegal for youth under age 21 years to drive with any measurable amount of alcohol in their system (i.e., with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) ≥0.02 g/dL), have reduced traffic fatalities among 18 to 20 year olds by 13% and saved an estimated 21,887 lives from 1975 through 2002. Fights or other violent offences
Illegal drugs
Suicidal Behavior
Total Problems Alcohol-Related Problems among Binge and Non-Binge Current Drinkers
Risk Behaviors* by Alcohol Use Status, Past 30 Days, 11th Graders
* All past 12 months except marijuana use, which is past 30 days. Within the state of California, approximately 9% of males and 9% of females aged 16 to 17 have a serious alcohol problem. Endangering and alarming behaviors correlate with this level of alcohol use; these youth are:
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