酒精是種液體形式的物質,成分是乙醇(ethyl alcohol,正式的英文稱法為ethanol),會損害,甚至是破壞人體的DNA。[1]“飲酒被世界公認為導致疾病、失能、和死亡的主要風險因素”,也被評為最廣泛受到青少年使用,以及濫用的物質。青少年時期是人類經歷青春期,身體和心理發生變化的過渡階段。[2]在這種過渡階段的青少年時期酗酒(英語:Alcoholism in adolescence)的行為,會產生好幾種後果。[3]
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