Youngsters' drinking habits 'dangerous'

One in four young drinkers consume dangerous quantities of alcohol every week, but the number of underage drinkers is falling, a poll shows.A survey of 13,000 young people by the Trading Standards Institute found the number of teenagers who drink weekly fell from 50% in 2005 to 38% this year.But of these, a quarter are drinking more than 20 units a week - equivalent to about 10 pints of beer.

BBC | July 2, 2009

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