Question

Long-term alcohol use is more severe in older people than younger people because older people's body systems are generally weaker. Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

b. False

Step-by-step explanation:

Teenagers are more vulnerable to alcohol

This is because the adult stage has not yet been reached and the young person is in a training and development phase, so the health consequences are greater than for a mature adult. In addition to the risks arising from alcohol intake in physical health, the most damaging damages at these ages occur in mental health.

The adolescent's brain is constantly developing and growing; During adolescence, the young person will acquire all the abilities of reasoning, planning, information processing, discursive capacity and all the properties of abstract thinking. Alcohol consumption during this stage of acquisition and development of these skills can stall the process and result in an adult who has significant deficiencies in mature thinking.

Alcohol also damages the areas of the brain responsible for memory and learning, which are also in development and that greatly hinder and impair the ability to create and store memories, attention and concentration. These skills are essential for the development of education and learning, so that, in the long run, their lack or incomplete development can have serious consequences.

In addition to the risks for the development of mature thinking and cognitive ability, alcohol consumption in adolescents greatly affects behavior, which can lead to the development of aggressive behavior that hinders the proper development of social relationships.

Answer 2

The best answer is false because alcohol use depends on the person and age doesn't matter. Also, the health status of a person due to his age is not an indicator of the severity of long-term alcohol use. It is a choice made by an individual no matter what group he belongs to the society.