Alcohol is a drug. It is a drug as dangerous as any illegal drug and it is also addicting.

A teenaer can become an alcoholic within 2 to 6 months of taking their first drink.

The younger a person starts drinking, the more likely it is that they will drink heavily, drink stronger drinks, and have an alcohol or drug problem when they are older.

ALCOHOL CAN:

• cause Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• cause impotence and lower testosterone production
• make you aggressive and lead to fights, bullying and rapes
• make you pass out or have blackouts
• make you sick and throw up
• make you lose your inhibitions and act like an idiot
• make you behave irresponsibily
• give you cirrhosis of the liver, a painful, incurable disease
• lead to other drug use
• kill your friends
• KILL YOU