14 Mar 2008
A leading medical journal called on parents today to bear most of the responsibility for steering teenagers away from binge drinking and drunkenness.
Learning to enjoy alcohol without misusing it was "an important part of growing up" in many societies, said an editorial in The Lancet.
But the lesson did not appear to be taught in the UK, where young people were drinking more alcohol than ever before.
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