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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Revealed: the shocking drink and drugs truth
By Jerome Reilly
Sunday February 10 2008

ONE in five Irish drinkers want to cut back on their consumption of alcohol and nearly 10 per cent are so worried they want to banish drink from their lives for good, a Millward Brown IMS National Opinion Poll has found.

The landmark poll designed to chart how we feel about our lives in 2008, found that personal concern about alcohol consumption is even higher among 18 to 24-year-olds.
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But our personal concern about how much we drink is the most stark finding of the national poll. In all, 29 per cent admit they drink alcohol two or three times a week and 7 per cent say they drink more than four times each week.

But the level of regular drinking among 18 to 24-year-olds is deeply worrying, with one in 10 young adults drinking alcohol more than four times a week and 37 per cent drinking two or three times every seven days.

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