Telegraph.co.uk (UK) - Teenage girls and alcohol poisoning The number of young women treated for alcohol poisoning has increased by 90 per cent in the past five years, according to the Department of Health statistics.

For all their admonitions about responsible drinking, it turns out that older adults aren’t as good as young ones about knowing when to stop. After drinking the same amount of alcohol as their younger counterparts, older adults are not only more impaired than younger ones, but less likely to believe they are.

Bloomberg (Scotland) - Scotland Plans to Raise Alcohol Prices, Tackle Abuse Scotland plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol and ban the promotions and discounts the government blames for violence and disease.

We know how much alcohol young people are drinking but why are they drinking? For some answers check out this story from The Guardian