TAKE THE PLEDGE
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Four of ten (42.1%) of our Taos County high school kids are drinking.
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Almost one in five (18.8%) of our middle school kids is drinking, about double the state rate.
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How do they get it? Adults and older teens are giving it to them, setting them up for future problems with alcohol.
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Four of ten (40%) kids who drink before the age of 15 will develop Alcohol Use Disorder in their lifetime.
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The human brain is not fully developed until age 25.
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Teens who delay using alcohol beyond age 15 experience fewer problems with alcohol as they age.
Be part of the solution | Take the pledge below
Share the link with your friends and family
taosalive.org/refuse
Taos Alive ↭ Rocky Mountain Youth Corps ↭ Vida del Norte
Taos Pueblo Awareness Coalition Team ↭ Town of Taos
Recovery-Friendly Taos ↭ NM Counterdrug Task Force
Resources
1.NM YRRS, NM Dept of Health www.youthrisk.org March 2021
2.NIAAA, Age of Drinking Onset Predicts Future Alcohol Abuse and Dependence 1998
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/
3.Pfefferbaum, A.; Kwon, D.; Brumback, T.; et al. Altered brain developmental trajectories in adolescents after initiating drinking.
American Journal of Psychiatry 175(4):370–380, 2018. PMID: 29084454