Binge drinking rises sharply among gen Z in their early 20s
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<p>Research challenges idea of ‘generation sensible’ as alcohol and drug use increase after teenage years</p><p>Binge drinking rates among gen Z have risen sharply<strong> </strong>since their teenage years, according to research that challenges their reputation as “generation sensible”.</p><p>Almost seven in 10 (68%) 23-year-olds reported binge drinking in the past year, while nearly a third (29%) said they did so at least monthly, up from 10% at age 17
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Binge drinking rises sharply among gen Z in their early 20s Research challenges idea of ‘generation sensible’ as alcohol and drug use increase after teenage years Binge drinking rates among gen Z have risen sharply since their teenage years, according to research that challenges their reputation as “generation sensible”. Almost seven in 10 (68%) 23-year-olds reported binge drinking in the past year, while nearly a third (29%) said they did so at least monthly, up from 10% at age 17. While drug use is relatively limited in the teenage years, by their 20s almost half (49%) have used cannabis and a third (32%) have tried harder drugs such as cocaine, ketamine and ecstasy, analysis by University College London found. Researchers from the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies analysed data from nearly 10,000 people born across the UK in 2000-02 who are taking part in the Millennium Cohort Study . They compared substance use at 17 and again at 23 within the same group. The proportion of 23-year-olds who reported binge drinking at least once in the past year was 15 percentage points higher than at 17 (68%, up from 53%). Binge drinking is defined as consuming six or more alcoholic drinks in one sitting. Drug use among gen Z also increased “substantially”. Those who said they had tried cannabis increased by 18 percentage points between 17 and 23 (31% to 49%), while the proportion who had tried harder drugs more than tripled (10% to 32%). Those using harder drugs 10 times or more in the past year rose from 3% to 8%. Looking at other potentially addictive behaviours, almost a third (32%) of the cohort reported gambling at 23 – though just 4% described it as problematic. Daily vaping rose from 3% at 17 to almost one in five (19%) at 23, while cigarette smoking rates remained almost the same (8% to 9%). The lead author, Dr Aase Villadsen, said: “Recent reports have suggested that young people are increasingly turning their backs on drinking alcohol compared to earlier born generat...
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