Fewer teenagers drinking alcohol

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There have been falls in the numbers of teenagers drinking, smoking and taking drugs in England, a survey suggests.

Between 2009 and 2010 the percentage of 11-15 year olds who had tried alcohol fell from 51% to 45%.

And 27% of pupils said they had smoked at least once, while 18% had tried drugs.

The NHS Information Centre figures also suggested "a shrinking number think that drinking and drunkenness is acceptable".

The report surveyed 7,296 pupils from 246 schools.

The proportion of those drinking alcohol in the week before the study fell from a peak of 26% in 2001 to 13% in 2010.

When they did drink, six in 10 pupils said they consumed more than four units.

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More information in the source and statistics about smoking. What do you think, drinking is okay or not?
 

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A dark day for British binge drinking enthusiasts
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emigre said:
A dark day for British binge drinking enthusiasts
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8 pints a night isn't binge drinking if it's every night.

But to answer the OP's question it all depends on the person doing the drinking. If you can happily have a drink and not get drunk, and when you do get drunk you aren't starting fights or causing shit for everyone else then no problems at all.

EDIT:TBH some people should never touch it, but then again some people are cunts on caffeine.
 

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Kids these days... rather than smoking and drinking, like normal people, they choose MMORPG's and sitting in dark corners. I'm disgusted by this state of matters.

Don't you all know that alcohol sanitizes surfaces it comes in-contact with, clearing them of germs? Don't you know that smoked meat lasts longer than unsmoked? Gah... Silly rascals.
 

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foxi4, do u want kids to do/use this or the elders/adults?
kids stay away from smoking and alcohol, let the elders who are "immune' work with it.

remember kids, what u do in the first 18 years determines what u will do in your life
 

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In my country the average kid that drinks is each time younger.
As for the question, I don't really think drinking is terribly bad.

I, personally, don't drink. The taste alcohol gives to things is disgusting to me.
 

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Here, in my school, 77% of the students drink. Half of those who don't drink are between the ages of 13 and 15. Around 28% of those who drink also use other drugs, such as cocaine and hallucinogenic mushrooms.
 

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Vulpes Abnocto said:
emigre said:
A dark day for British binge drinking enthusiasts
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Or for those simply interested in British binge drinkers.....
Vulpes, stop chasing drunk minors
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The reason most kids drink is usually because they're bored out of their skulls. Most of them wouldn't drink (that much) if there was anything else to do, but when your only options are your parents' living room or Buckfast Tonic on a park bench, guess where your kids are.
 

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Veho said:
Vulpes, stop chasing drunk minors
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The reason most kids drink is usually because they're bored out of their skulls. Most of them wouldn't drink (that much) if there was anything else to do, but when your only options are your parents' living room or Buckfast Tonic on a park bench, guess where your kids are.

To hell with that, when I was 16, I was drinking and smoking like a trooper and crashing on parties in discos conscidered to be +18, dancing with the hottest stock there was.

You can have your parkbench or Buckfast, I prefere my lifestyle. Too bad that now I'm too old for this stuff...
 

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Foxi4 said:
when I was 16, I was drinking and smoking like a trooper and crashing on parties in discos conscidered to be +18, dancing with the hottest stock there was.
I, on the other hand, wasn't filthy rich.

And as for content, discos are not much different than a park bench, only with a better sound system and more expensive booze.
 

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Veho said:
Foxi4 said:
when I was 16, I was drinking and smoking like a trooper and crashing on parties in discos conscidered to be +18, dancing with the hottest stock there was.
I, on the other hand, wasn't filthy rich.

And as for content, discos are not much different than a park bench, only with a better sound system and more expensive booze.
Me neither, but hey - you had to make due.

Either spend your allowence on having a good time, or... wait, what was the second option again?
 

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