Summary
SIR - The fact that young women in the UK topped the table of international binge drinkers in a recent OECD report ("Spend more on younger disadvantaged children and target teens' money better, ministers urged", Sept 2) should act as a serious wake-up call.
The serious risks attached to the current, and growing wave of binge drinking among young women make it one of the most important social and health issues we face today. The young women we work with, in this YWCA centre, talk about the peer pressure to drink regularly to excess, and many have alarmed us with the level of risk- taking and reckless behaviour.See the full content of this document
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Wake Up to Young Women's Drinking ; Letters
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