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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, some 12-year-olds are drinking and trying drugs, but fewer than before. Here are figures from 2011 (https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2011/12/cigarette-alcohol-use-historic-low-among-teens): By 8th grade, 26.9% of kids have used alcohol in the past year (compared to 46.8% in 1994), and 6.4% have binge drinked (down from 8.7% in 2006). 6.1% of kids are smoking (down from 21% in 1996). Smaller numbers are having sex at 12 or 13 (here's a chart--looks like somethings like 5% of boys and 2% of girls have had sex by age 13?): https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/american-teens-sexual-and-reproductive-health[/quote]
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