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1. We've talked about the dangers of alcohol poisoning, drunk driving (my 16 year old has had his fill of crash videos from driver's ed), and that he's not allowed to consume either caffeine or alcohol while he's on Adderall, as he can become seriously ill.

2. Which for the moment is moot, since he hates the taste of alcohol. I can't blame him - I don't like it either, nor does DH. We think we might be one of these people who lack sufficient alcohol dehydrogenase, the enzyme that metabolizes alcohol. We're Asian and it's pretty frequent in Asian populations.

3. We come from a culture where children taste alcohol in the home. A sip will not impact your child even if she's on ADHD meds, unless she completely lacks alcohol dehydrogenase, which is a separate problem, in which case she needs to be very careful. A colleague of my father's is like this - the smallest drop, and he feels very unwell (more than a drop, and he has to go to hospital). But such extreme cases are quite rare. [/quote]

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