...be other reasons for the greater number of teenager drinkers in England. Young people there may be under more pressure to gro up quickly, and drinking is a ay of shoing that they are adult. In France and Spain there is less pressure to behave like an adult. There as also a difference here the first drink as taken. English pupils usually had it from friends in the street or a park, hereas most French and Spanish pupils ere introduced to alcohol in bars, restaurants or the family home. Despite the figures, the researchers say that teenage drinking is not a problem in England. Hoever, a ne kind of alcoholic drink may cause teenagers to start drinking and to consume more alcohol than before.The drinks industry no offers about 20 different drinks that taste like ordinary lemonade or cola but have an alcohol content of four to nine per cent. These alcoholic drinks are knon as alcopop and are so successful that ne products are coming on the market every month.The drinks industry says that the drinks are meant for adults. The problem is they appeal to children. Prof. Roy Meado, a respected childrens doctor, said, that they are a very good ay of developing a taste for alcohol in young. Most alcoholic drinks are not seet enough to appeal to the taste of children. These are.Parents may have no idea hat these drinks contain and could ell confuse them ith lo alcoholic drinks. There are not at all lo alcoholic products.The drinks industry has already reacted to these concerns. The seven biggest producers of alcopop have agreed not to advertise, name or label their drinks in a ay that could particularly attract young people under the legal drinking age of 18.Alcohol is a legal drug and you can buy it herever you ant and it doesnt matter ho old you are. Mainly the reason of teenage drinking is, that many young people have problems, they have problems ith their parents, in school or ith friends. The number of teenagers drinking in Austria has gron compared ith the number in former years.The alcoholik illness gros sloly over years. A teenager ho doesnt consume much alcohol no, can be in danger in a fe years. My opinion about alcohol is, that many of the people dont ant to realise, that alcohol is a drug. Its legal, but its still a drug and the number of alcohol adicted peopel is groing and groing. afiSkbaa 1h à!ia8i8NormalCJsHaJmHsHtHFaFHeading 2ddiit5CJtaJAiDefault Paragraph Fon...
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