Survey Shows Youth Alcohol Use Continues To Decrease In Maine

Alcohol use among Maine’s 6-12th graders continues to decline, according to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Substance Abuse (OSA). The percent of teens that used alcohol in the past month decreased from 38 percent in 1995 to 25 percent in 2008, and binge drinking in the prior two weeks decreased from 20 percent to 13 percent. Binge drinking is defined as having five or more drinks in a row.

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on April 10th, 2009