Are British Youth Drinking And Bingeing More?

The UK Youth Alcohol Action plan was released in June - targeting alcohol use by underage drinkers. The report cites encouraging evidence: 11 to 15-year-olds drinking regularly has fallen (from 28% in 2001 to 21% in 2006). However, weekly unit consumption, increased from 5 units in 1990 and has remained at 9-11 units between 2000- 07. Less 11 to 13-year-olds are drinking (14% in 2001 down to 9% in 2006) but that 9% are drinking 10 units a week on average.

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on June 17th, 2008