... college experience many factors contribute to whether or not an individual is more prone to be an abuser. There are five factors that connect students with alcohol abuse with include: gender, family alcohol abuse, family depression and mental illness, childhood hyperactivity, and deviant behavior before age 15. Deviant behavior, for example, consists of acts such as being expelled from school, fighting ... , committing vandalism, chronic lying, and stealing. Many people who were antisocial growing up begin drinking abusively earlier in adolescence. A clinician test given to suspected alc...

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... affects of marijuana include sexual problems, possible immune system damage, and possible lung dysfunction. Its never been reported a death because of marijuana overdose, or marijuana at all. There have been test done on lab mice that have shown that ratio of THC necessary for overdose to the amount necessary for intoxication is 40,000:1. Comparing to the ratio of alcohol is ... , Acquired Brain Injury (ARBI). ARBI is the damage that is caused to the brain after birth. Alcohol is the main cause of ARBI. The effects depend on the person's age, gender, nutrition and their overall physical ...

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