When discussing alcohol, the later teens and young adults went to bed and the more sleepy they were, the higher odds they had of engaging with binge drinking during the following year.
“Overall, the results suggest that teens in middle and high school may be more vulnerable to sleep-related risk for substance use,” said Brant Hasler, the study’s lead author. “The particular pattern of sleep predictors in the middle school and high school sample is consistent with the ‘circadian misalignment’ caused by early school start times.”
Sleep is an incredibly important factor for people’s health, especially in teens and kids who are still growing. Results like this have been echoed in other studies, but this research marks one of the first times that follow-up was done and more solid conclusions reached.
To combat addiction and substance abuse, measures such as delaying
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