Alcoholism

Binge drinking declined in late '80s, rose again in late '90s

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 9th, 2004

Alcohol use and binge drinking declined during the last half of the 1980s but increased between 1997 and 1999, according to a new study that examines U.S. surveys conducted between 1985 and 1999.

In the late 1980s, moderate and binge drinking rates fell most noticeably among 18- to 20-year-olds as states adopted laws that set the minimum drinking age at 21 and established zero-tolerance blood-alcohol limits for driving, said Mary Serdula, MD, MPH, and colleagues at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their findings were published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Despite the 1980s decline, the overall proportion...

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