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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.
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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