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I wouldn't consider functional alcoholism to be a good thing for anyone. It's especially bad for brain development under age ~25, before the prefrontal cortex i
by fasterik 3y ago
I wouldn't consider functional alcoholism to be a good thing for anyone. It's especially bad for brain development under age ~25, before the prefrontal cortex is fully developed.
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/alcohol-and-adolescent-brain https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/alcohol-and-adolescen...
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