Addiction | Underage Drinking Can Lower The Risk Of Alcoholism
In the following viewpoint, Stanton Peele argues that allowing children to drink can prevent them from abusing alcohol later in life. According to Peele, if children are taught how to drink responsibly, their risk of developing problems with alcohol decreases. To support his claim, he asserts that Mediterranean societies— in which young children are served wine at meals— have much lower rates of alcoholism than societies that urge children to abstain from alcohol. Peele is the author of a number of books on addiction, including Diseasing of America and The Truth About Addiction and...
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