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A desperate generation driven to drink
Sunday Times, 25 May 2008
Our boozing culture is largely an underclass one and it's time we both acknowledged the problem and stepped in to help. By India Knight.

Alarm over child drinkers with liver disease
The Times (London), 23 May 2008
Shops could face new legal curbs on the sale of cut-price alcohol to control under-age and binge drinking.

Price fixing won’t fix the problem
The Times (London), 23 May 2008
There are deeper reasons than cost for why young people are drinking to nihilistic excess. By Melanie McDonagh.

High price to pay for youth’s folly
The Times (London), 19 May 2008
Images of dying young people don't change behaviour; and leave behind an undignified memory. By Carol Sarler.

Tesco ban on alcohol sales to parents
Daily Telegraph, 15 May 2008
Tesco is refusing to sell alcohol to parents shopping with their children under rules designed to tackle underage drinking.

Gruffalo author backs cannabis crackdown
The Times (London), 11 May 2008
Julia Donaldson blames the drug for worsening the mental illness that drove her son to suicide and backs reclassification.

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