2023-12-16 08:00:00
HEALTH ADVICE – The brain is not mature until the twenties, so a young person will suffer the effects of alcohol more than an adult. However, the product is in fact very accessible to minors. The question then arises of the usefulness of a family initiation…
Offering alcohol to a teenager? The gesture does not shock the French, according to a survey carried out by BVA acceptable fact, and 4 out of 10 parents have already made their teenager try alcohol. Average age of first family experience: 14 years. Is it too early? Does alcohol present specific risks for young people? Should initiation take place within the family? Le Figaro make the point.
One thing is clear to specialists: the brain is not mature before around 23 years of age, and an adolescent is therefore less well equipped than an adult to resist alcohol. “On a strictly acute level, half a glass of champagne will not present an immediate risk”, reassures Professor Nicolas Simon, addictologist doctor at Marseille University Hospital and head of the Poison Control Center in the Paca-Corsica region. On the other hand, “the feeling of intoxication will be…
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