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Teen Binge Drinkers Risk Alcoholism and Social Exclusion as Adults

Published in Drug Law Weekly, September 18th, 2007

Teen binge drinkers are significantly more likely to become heavy drinkers as adults and find themselves with a string of criminal convictions, indicates a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

The researchers monitored the health and prospects of more than 11,000 UK children born in 1970 (The 1970 British Birth Cohort Study) at the ages of 16 and 30.

They collected information on binge drinking during the preceding fortnight and habitual drinking during the previous year from the 16 year olds.

One in four of the16 year olds were habitual drinkers, drinking more than two to three times a week

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