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Is Your Child Exempt? If according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, nearly 80% of high school students have tried alcohol, it is easy to come to the conclusion that the potential for alcoholism or drug addiction is put into motion very early in life. What may start out as an “innocent” activity to fit in with friends, to have some fun, or to look older, turns into a life-changing struggle. The consequences are never a concern for the teenager, but the effects of alcohol can hit before the young person knows there is a problem, or even understands that a problem can be possible. Double Whammy: Adolescent Brain and the Adolescent Brain on Drugs I think I’m like most people who used to believe that the brain matured at the end of childhood. Wow, how could I have been that wrong? Do parents know this? Probably not. The brain actually doesn’t mature until a person reaches 24 years of age.