As the summer holidays approach, young people face the prospect of six weeks of spare time to fill. For an increasing number, they will choose to spend it drinking alcohol.
Of course, not all young people like to drink. But exclusive research carried out by Ipsos Mori for Young People Now and the Office of the Children's Commissioner reveals that an increasing number of under-16s do. Three-quarters of the 2,334 young people aged 11 to 16 surveyed in 300 schools in England and Wales had tried alcohol at least once, up from 43 per cent in 2002 and 67 per cent in 2004. Almost two-thirds had tried to get hold of alcohol themselves. And one in five could be classed as regular drinkers, admitting to drinking alcohol at least once a week.
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