Youth and drugs/drink

Are we missing the point when it comes to talking to our children about drink and drugs? Is the real problem the UK’s cultural legacy?

It appears that, once again, the messages we are giving our young children are not going in – what a surprise! When will we ever learn that the Don’t do it, it’s bad for you! does not good at all.

To stop this epidemic we need to think deeper and be a little wiser and clever.

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Young teenage girls and alcohol

Binge Drinking – Teen’s View

There has been much written about “boozy Britain” and inparticularly our young girls and their binge drinking habits. So I thought I would ask one of my teenage writers “Are our young girls drowning in a sea of vodka” to see what young people feel about their portrayal in the press.

Here is what Teen Writer Jade said about alcohol.

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