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Just about everyone knows that the legal drinking age throughout the United States is 21. But according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, almost 8% of high school students have tried alcohol. Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are not only adult problems; they also affect a significant number of adolescents and young adults between the ages of 12 and 2, even though drinking under the age of 21 is illegal. Alcohol is a depressant, which means it slows the function of
