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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Editorial - Britain and alcohol: Drink problem
The Guardian, Wednesday 2 September 2009

Tucked away in yesterday's OECD report on childhood was a dismal if unsurprising figure: British children get drunk, or claim to get drunk, far more often than their counterparts anywhere else in the developed world. A third of 13- to 15-year-olds in this country said they had been drunk at least twice; in France the proportion is well under a fifth. The report made other important observations – Britain spends above the OECD average on children, while not always achieving better results – but it is the drinking that caught the attention, an often-told story of damaged hopes that begins with cheap cider and ends in a lifelong addiction. . . . . .


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