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Genes play a role in ones alcoholism, but other factors such as lifestyle and stress contribute to a person's risk of becoming alcoholic.
Products generated in the body during alcohol metabolism are more toxic than alcohol itself.
Consuming alcohol to cope with negative feelings is a good predictor of heavy drinking as well as drinking problems in 19- to 25-year-olds.
In the past three years, the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento saw a 30 percent increase in children between 12 and 17 checking into the ER with injuries from binge drinking, with higher blood alcohol levels than in the past.

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