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Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Teenage girls are the ‘worst drunks’
UK girls drinking more than ever
A new report says that teenage girls in the UK have the highest rate of drunkenness.
This is certainly true of the young women we see at our centres, many of who take serious risks by drinking to their personal safety including unprotected or unwanted sex. Despite this, more and more of them tell us they drink to get drunk and this is borne out by the statistics. The average weekly alcohol consumption for 11-to 15-year-olds increased from five units in 1990 to more than eleven units in 2006. There are many reasons why girls get drunk: violence, abuse, alcohol or drug use in the family, low-self-esteem, failure at school, peer pressure and stress.
Join us at at a conference in London on 21 October 2009 where we will consider the problem of girls binge drinking in more detail and look for answers. This subject has a huge impact on the health service, the police, the criminal justice system, local councils. Our expert speakers and delegates will share their ideas and opinions and, we hope, come up with some workable ways to help alleviate this increasingly serious problem.
This item on the BBC website neatly summarises the report's findings.
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