Pre-teens report problem drinking
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Nearly half of disadvantaged youngsters started drinking before the age of 13, a survey finds.
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Hospital emergency rooms, where up to  two-thirds of patients have consumed alcohol before arriving  for treatment, could be a good starting point to tackle problem  drinking, British researchers said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Nearly four in five young people arrested for juvenile crimes are involved with alcohol or drugs, and few are getting treatment, a study of the juvenile justice system finds.
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Teenage girls are now binge drinking more frequently than boys, according to a report published yesterday. It is the first time girls have outstripped their male peers in excessive alcohol consumption.
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A GROWING number of teenage girls are bingeing on alcohol, bringing increased concerns for their future health, a study has revealed.
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A snapshot of an average day in the lives of U.S. teens shows hundreds of thousands are smoking, drinking and ingesting illegal drugs, according to a report from the federal government.
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A national study released Thursday showed that teenagers whose friends were sexually active were more likely to smoke, drink or use illegal drugs.
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Teenagers are facing a "sexual health crisis" fuelled by alcohol, drugs and risky sexual behaviour, a report warns.
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New York  - Children born with fetal  alcohol syndrome are less likely to get in trouble with the law  or to have behavioral problems in later years if they are  diagnosed early and are raised in a stable home, according to  new study findings.
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Â· 'Tipping point' for underage drinking Â· Police could get new powers of confiscation
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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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The percentage of teenage girls who drink alcoholic beverages is rising faster than that of boys, and on average the girls take their first drink at age 13, the American Medical Association said Thursday in reporting the findings of two surveys.
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NEW YORK  - Efforts to curb underage drinking in the U.S. should start as early as the fourth grade, a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center researcher reports in the current issue of Prevention Science.
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NEW YORK  - 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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Children born with fetal alcohol syndrome are less likely to get in trouble with the law or to have behavioral problems in later years if they are diagnosed early and are raised in a stable home, according to new study findings.
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Children born very prematurely continue to have emotional, attentional and social problems during their teen years, according to the results of a UK study.
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NEW YORK  - Children born very prematurely  continue to have emotional, attentional and social problems  during their teen years, according to the results of a UK  study.