The Alcohol Reaching out to Juveniles

“Excessive drinking damages the faculty of memory and perception of space and hinders the normal development of brain cell， and especially has negative effect on the frontal lobe of brain. Thus， it can undermine the learning ability and athletic ability of juveniles.” said the online paper Alcoholism： Clinical and Experimental Research by Scholars of University of California， San Diego.

Alcohol can cause unimaginable damages to the development of brain of juveniles. However， in adults’ eyes， juveniles’ drinking has not been paid enough attention， because it seems “normal”. This kind of opinion usually comes from the areas with long history in drinking alcohol. In most cases， the juveniles in those areas took the first “sip” of alcohol at an age when they had no idea about alcohol.

“過度飲酒會(huì)損害青少年的記憶力和空間感知力，會(huì)阻礙大腦細(xì)胞正常發(fā)育，尤其會(huì)對(duì)大腦額葉區(qū)域產(chǎn)生負(fù)面影響，從而削弱青少年的學(xué)習(xí)和運(yùn)動(dòng)能力。”來自美國(guó)加州大學(xué)圣迭戈分校的研究人員在學(xué)術(shù)期刊《酗酒：臨床與實(shí)驗(yàn)研究》網(wǎng)絡(luò)版上發(fā)表論文表示。

酒精，對(duì)青少年大腦發(fā)育損害的嚴(yán)重性超乎人們想象。但在成年人眼中，未成年人飲酒并未被充分重視，因?yàn)橐磺卸忌袑佟罢！保@樣的觀點(diǎn)多出現(xiàn)在有著濃厚酒文化歷史的地區(qū)。而通常，這個(gè)區(qū)域的未成年人喝下的“第一口”，又發(fā)生在他們自己對(duì)“酒”并無確切認(rèn)識(shí)的年紀(jì)中。