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According to a 2007 survey, nearly 60 percent of ninth-grade students in a Southeast Michigan school district drank at least once during the previous year. The results of the survey were presented at a Town Hall meeting hosted by the Livonia Save Our Youth task force.

"[Claudia] Rushlow said parents could take steps to ensure children aren't drinking in their home. When children say they are going to a classmate's home, make the call to the other parent, Rushlow said. 'And when other parents call, welcome the phone calls.'"

Livonia police officers reminded the audience that parents and guardians need to take responsibility, and proactive steps, to keep alcohol out of the hands of teenagers. Source: Livonia (MI) Observer

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In July, a 17-year-old boy from Denmark died after drinking so much at the Sunny Beach resort that he choked on his vomit. The death has sparked lively debate in many European countries about tours that are organized mainly as binge-drinking trips.

"On the tour operators' websites, Sunny Beach is described as the place 'where you drink until you pass out'. They boast of their pub crawls, 'where we jump between bars and discotheques at 300km an hour to show you how to party in the sun.'"

Though Swedish tour operators have decided to stop offering pub-crawls on their trips and people must now be at least 18-years-old to buy a charter trip, operators in other countries are resisting pressure to change. Read more News24.com. Learn more about the dangers of binge drinking and teen alcohol abuse at DrugRehabTreatment.com.

Labels: binge_drinking, death, teen_alcoholism

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