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Image for: More innovative solutions to drinking problems needed Monday, 16 March 2009 More innovative solutions to drinking problems needed Girls should have more to do than get drunk, says chief exec

The Government's chief medical officer proposes to increase the cost of alcohol in an effort to tackle Britain's binge drinking culture.

Image for: Public reaction to young women binge drinking 3 March 2009 Public reaction to young women binge drinking

Eighty per cent of the public, in a recent YouGov and YWCA survey, agreed that girls binge drinking is a problem in England and Wales. However, according to the survey people don’t just want criticism and punishment for young women – they want to see girls offered ways to change their behaviour.

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