Interesting stories on successive sheets in today's Standard.
On page 7
University Challenge winners: Victorious Peterhouse team pose with bottles of booze after raiding college bar
turning the page
The rise of the young female drinkers who open a bottle at wine o’clock each night
Meanwhile, in the real world, as reported by the Institute of Alcohol Studies
Drinking patterns and trends, Average weekly alcohol consumption by age and sex
it can be seen that excessive alcohol consumption is actually declining, especially among the young.
Just rubbish journalism, really.
BTW, if anyone wonders why excessive alcohol consumption is declining especially among the young, there's a simple economic explanation - they have less disposable income, thanks to the excessive amounts they have to pay for housing. So no need for the middle aged, like me, to fear the younger generation is somehow more virtuous than mine.
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