There is drinking ... and there is getting drunk. The UK has one of the highest levels of drunkenness among young people in Europe. According to the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs, 76 per cent of 15- to 16-year-olds say they have been drunk at least once. Some 29 per cent report having been drunk 20 times or more. Why is this? Why do some young people go out intent on getting drunk as fast as possible? Who encourages young people to drink?
The brewers say that they don't market drinks at under-18s. Is this how it seems to young people? Is there peer pressure to drink alcohol? Or do those who are inclined to drink heavily seek each other out? Talk about the different motivations there are to drink. Are there any healthy and positive reasons to drink? How are they different from unhealthy and negative reasons?
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