collected in 2008 in population aged 12 to 65 was carried out to evaluate whether the early
use of alcohol can predict higher probabilities of problematic use and dependency to
alcohol and other substances. In this study, those who began drinking alcohol at age 14 or
younger had 10 times more probabilities to use some illegal substance than those who
began after 21 and 4 times more than those who began at age 18. The results showed …