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Underage drinking comes with many risks
Chelsea Peters (The Witness)
Petmatur paramedic who asked not to be named said there were many
dangers and risks when it came to underage drinking
The man who has been a paramedic for the past 30 years, said there is always an
rease in cases of underage drinking over the school holidays as children are often
supervised
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have seen underage drinking predominantly in the rural areas. The next category is
oh white children in the rural areas, we see underage drinkers getting into fights.
getting stabbed Drinking and assault go hand-in-hand,
Among the rich white children we mainly see lots of drug use but also underage
anking Usually these children will sustain trauma injuries because they will try to
impress their friends by jumping off the roof into the swimming pool, for example,
When anyone drinks alcohol, there is a decrease in their motor skills and their
inhibitions fall away. The same goes for underage arinkers, except alcohol will affect
young people slot quicker than an adult For children under the age of 18, the liver
Jakes a lot of damage when alcohol is consumed. This is because their system is
unable to break down and get rid of the alcohol from their body like an adult can
have attended incidents where teenagers have become paralytically drunk. They
vomi and then aspirate some of the vomit back into their lungs. Then we need to get
them onte a ventilator right away, otherwise they will die
University of KwaZulu Natal child psychologist Dr Saeeda Paruk said substance use
in adolescents is an increasing public health concern and the most commonly used
substances include nicotine, alcohol and cannabis but can extend to include a wide
range of cit substances
There are many risk and protective factors associated with teenage alcohol use,
"These include genetic factors, educational levels, psychosocial factors and family
conflict
Dr Paruk said other factors were poor ​