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Article: Alcohol consumption and academic performance in a population of Spanish high school students.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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A HIGH DEGREE of social tolerance for drinking has favored the spread of alcohol consumption among Spanish adolescents and young adults since the early 1990s. There has been a tendency, in young people, for drinking patterns to become established with most drinking taking place on the weekends. This pattern of heavy weekend drinking by young persons has resulted in serious social and health consequences. The most recent report of the Spanish Drug Observatory (Ministerio del Interior, 2001) states that 40% of all adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18 years drink in public spaces (parks and squares) on Friday or Saturday night (or both); these "parties" lead to serious ...