title: Alcohol abuse among young people: the inconvenient truth.
abstract: People have drunk alcohol for as long as they've known about its existence, and it doesn't appear this will change any time soon. But the amount of alcohol consumed by children and young people in Britain is now spiralling out of control and putting a significant strain on NHS resources. In light of a new report, Alan Glasper discusses how this escalating problem can be tackled.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glasper
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D024802:Nurse's Role; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult