SEVERAL OF THE MOST COMMON LIFE-THREATENING OR INJURIOUS MISTAKES THAT ARE COMMITTED BY YOUNGER MEN AND TEENAGE MALE YOUTHS:

--They drive a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

--They are a passenger in a motor vehicle with a drunken driver.

--They drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of an illicit drug.

--They are a passenger in a motor vehicle with a driver under the influence of an illicit drug.

--They develop an addiction to marijuana or another illicit drug.

--They develop an addiction to consumption of tobacco products.

---They develop an addiction to spending money on gambling.

---They develop an addiction to consumption of alcohol.

--They host a social party without making it very clear to all invited guests from the start that no quantity of marijuana or any other illicit drug would be permitted anywhere on the premises of the party site.

--They attend a social party without obtaining specific assurance from the party host in advance that no quantity of any marijuana or any other illicit drug would be present or consumed anywhere on the premises of the party site.

--They have a role in a girl or woman sustaining an unwanted pregnancy.

--They fail to obtain a direct statement of prior consent from a girl or woman before they attempt to have sex with her.

--They center their social life on a nightclub or pick-up bar scene.

--They associate with persons who are not law-abiding.

--They associate with persons who are frequent liars.

---They pull pranks on, or perpetrate criminal mischief victimizing, other human beings.

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