DON'T LET ALCOHOL HACK YOUR BRAIN.

Right now your brain is running the most important build of your life, and it's not finished yet. Alcohol doesn't pause that build. It corrupts it. Your brain keeps developing all the way into your mid-20s. According to the CDC, the brain typically finishes developing around age 25. That means everything you do in middle school and high school is happening while your system is still under construction. Here's what alcohol actually does to that system:

🧠 Memory Corrupted
Research from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) links underage drinking to problems with attention, learning, and memory. That's the exact stuff you need for school, sports, and everything else.

⚠️ Focus Lagging
Teens who drink heavily show poorer performance with learning, attention span, and impulse control compared to teens who don't drink, according to research published by the National Institutes of Health.

⏳ Reaction Time: Slowed
A study on adolescent brain development found that teens who binge drink lose gray matter, the tissue your brain uses to process information, faster than teens who don't.

And this isn't just a one night glitch. Findings from the National Institutes of Health show these effects on the brain can carry into adulthood.

Your brain is the best piece of hardware you'll ever own. Don't let alcohol hack it before it's even done booting up.

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The Many Sides of Cube

Hello there. Use Your Cube is the name, and substance abuse prevention is our game... and we refuse to lose. We are an agency united against underage drinking, focused on sharing our message with students 10-17 years old in Southern Illnois.

We wear many hats, depending on the weather and what is on our to-do list that day. We create interactive, touch screen enabled content, collectible posters, eye-catching supplemental materials and entertaining contests.

Our message? Simple. Alcohol is risky. Our strategy? Not so simple.

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Underage Drinking is Risky.