Youth will swill till ill
Lenore Taylor; 10/6/08
Excessive alcohol consumption by young people has not increased significantly in recent years, but there has been a rise in the small minority who are drinking to the point of hospitalisation. A new analysis of six studies into youth drinking in Victoria, to be published in The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, found “few significant trends and almost no notable increases in risky drinking in recent years” among Victorians aged 12 to 24. But the study, by Michael Livingston of the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, did find a “deeply concerning” sharp increase in the small numbers of young drinkers in Victoria being hospitalised because of alcohol consumption. For women aged 18 to 24, the rate of alcohol-caused hospital admissions rose from six per 10,000 people in 1998-99 to 14.6per 10,000 in 2005-06.
See; http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23838988-5013404,00.html
Drinking themselves sick … boozing teens crowd hospitals; Leo Shanahan; 10/6/08; http://www.theage.com.au/national/drinking-themselves-sick-boozing-teens-crowd-hospitals-20080609-2nzk.html
Arrests down on first lockout weekend; Andrea Petrie; 10/6/08; http://www.theage.com.au/national/arrests-down-on-first-lockout-weekend-20080609-2nzm.html
Police warning on youth binge drinking; 9/6/08; http://news.theage.com.au/national/police-warning-on-youth-binge-drinking-20080609-2nvx.html
Tags: Australia, Drugs, Young People