Binge Drinking Teenage Girls Can Black Out, Get Into Trouble

An ABC News investigation airing Tuesday night on Nightline found that girls younger and younger are drinking heavily under pressures to fit in. An estimated one in four teenage girls binge drink, meaning five or more drinks in one sitting. A new study from Stanford University shows that teen girls are more likely than boys

An ABC News investigation airing Tuesday night on Nightline found that girls younger and younger are drinking heavily under pressures to fit in. An estimated one in four teenage girls binge drink, meaning five or more drinks in one sitting. A new study from Stanford University shows that teen girls are more likely than boys to physically damage their brains from binge drinking because they weigh less and their livers process alcohol differently. Brain scans conducted on intoxicated teenage girls have shown less activity in the areas of memory and spatial awareness. The documentary "Faded: Girls & Binge Drinking" is a movie about teenage girls who drink heavily because of the extreme pressure they feel to fit in.

Nightline, 3/26/2012

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