It's important to only trust health information that is backed up by scientific proof because people can put things out there that might not be true, or even worse, make your health worse, whether that health is physical, mental, or emotional.
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Basically a mental and or physical break down.
Answer: I would talk with them and tell them that alcohol in moderation is completely fine. So long as they are the legal drinking age. And that their first time to drink it I'd like for them to do it with me so we can tell what negative effects it will have on them. That and we'd know their tolerance for it.