December 31, 2008

Living near alcohol is dangerous for kids

A recent study has found that the closer that a teenager lives alcohol retailers the greater the chance that they will end up being influenced by drink, this could either mean binge drinking and drinking and driving.

The study showed that home that are within walking distance of the alcohol retailers there is evidence of the drinking and driving, along with binge drinking too.

Being so close to where drink is sold also exposes these teenagers to violent behaviour too, which under any circumstance is no place for children to grow up in, yet it turns out that this is the norm for places where poorer people live, is there no hope for the youngsters of today.

Source [LA Times]