Teens obtaining fake identification is nothing new. Although
most states have made it more difficult to duplicate a driver’s license since
9/11, young adults can still purchase IDs that make them old enough to buy
alcohol or get into a nightclub. What is new is that researchers have found that
young adults with fake IDs are more likely to get into trouble with drugs and
alcohol than their counterparts.
What researchers found was shocking. Teens and young adults
with fake IDs were drastically more likely to binge drink, smoke marijuana and
use more dangerous hallucinogens and narcotics. A fake ID also correlated with
getting arrested. An older study cites that 56 percent of fake ID holders used
alcohol the previous week, compared to 14 percent of under-age students who
didn’t have fake IDs. Read more at Linkedin...
