Early exposure to drugs, alcohol creates lifetime of health risk

Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 12:42 in Psychology & Sociology

People who began drinking and using marijuana regularly prior to their 15th birthday face a higher risk of early pregnancy, as well as a pattern of school failure, substance dependence, sexually-transmitted disease and criminal convictions that lasts into their 30s.

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