Australian teenage drinking scare
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A national survey in Australia shows worrying levels of alcohol consumption among the country's teenagers.
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Severe alcohol and drug abuse by teenagers, particularly girls, may be easily missed during routine and urgent-care medical visits.
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CHICAGO The American Medical Association says sweet alcoholic drinks, often referred to as &quot;alco-pop,&quot; are luring a troubling number of teens to engage in underage drinking.
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Legislators are cracking down on parents who allow their teens access to alcohol. But what about the argument that itâs safer for them to drink under adult supervision?
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Jennifer Gilligan says she wasn't drinking at the party and didn't know other underage people were. But when Naperville Police pulled up, the 20-year-old and more than a dozen others were ticketed, not for underage drinking, but for simply being at a party where their peers had alcohol.
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One-fifth of teenagers say their friends fake drug use as a result of peer pressure, a report shows.
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Friends of a student who disappeared on New Year's Eve say they fear she is being held against her will.
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Getting drunk may be considered a normal part of having fun for youngsters in northern Europe, but not so in Italy where teenagers look down on friends who drink too much.
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ALICE SPRINGS, Australia  - Five times a week the "Night Patrol" winds through the darkness of the 18 squalid aboriginal camps in Alice Springs trying to prevent the alcohol-fuelled violence that is destroying lives.
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A persistent hardcore of pre-teen drinkers are consuming more alcohol than ever before, according to government figures.
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An 8-year-old girl was suspended for nine days for bringing to school what appeared to be about 30 "Jell-O shots" &#151; though it was unclear whether they contained alcohol.
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Parents who supply alcohol for their teenagers' parties may be encouraging their children to binge drink when no adult is watching, a new study suggests.
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A new survey of 11-19 year olds reveals that 42% of respondents started drinking when they were 13 or younger, and highlights the ease with which they can buy alcohol
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Casual sexual behaviour, often fuelled by alcohol, is causing an alarming rise in sexually transmitted infections among teenage girls and young men, the Health Protection Agency said yesterday.
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A 13-year-old girl, who was caught two times over the drink-drive limit, is given a supervision order and banned from driving.
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Growing alcohol consumption is creating an alien drinking and "lager-lout" culture among the young in Italy, medical experts have warned.
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Australians have a reputation as big drinkers but a new report has found many can not handle their hangovers, with Australians claiming more than 2.6 million sick days a year as a result of a night on the booze.