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Just a snippet from a newspaper



Drunken misbehaviour in Lincolnshire has surged dramatically in the last year, new figures reveal.
Booze-fuelled incidents in 2008 resulted in a 23 per cent rise in arrests in the county for drunken antics, with 607 people arrested for drunkenness last year.
Arrests of drunken women were up by a startling 69 per cent, from 55 in 2007 to 93 in 2008.
The surge in arrests comes after the police warned that the credit crunch was forcing licensed premises to cut prices to attract more customers, which led to the City of Lincoln Council demanding Government action to ban cheap drinks promotions.
Eighteen and 21-year-olds topped the table for the age groups with the most arrests, while arrests of boozed-up under-20s jumped 56 per cent.
But 56 per cent of those arrested were over 30 – and a third were over 40.

So yes Claire you are also right

Stray, I've never been in trouble with the police for drinking either:)

Sorry Darklord but I don't take much notice of newspapers, especially ones that use terms like "booze-fuelled". That snippet doesn't tell us anything about the range or distribution of incidents and I wouldn't imagine the figures are not very shocking broken down - for example, 38 more incidents of arrests of drunken women? That could all have been from one party or it could have been a crackdown - who knows

I am 20 years old and i drink responsibly. i beleive it is the way in which a child is brought up that determines whether a teenager is responsible or irresponsible with alcohol.

I have seen plenty of people over the age of 21 acting ridiculously when under the influence, it is not just those under the age of 21 who dont act sensibly. afterall what difference does a day make. all of a sudden after a person's 21st birthday they can be deemed responsible enough to buy and drink alcohol, but the day before they cannot? why should those teenagers who are responsible enough to drink sensibly be punished for the behaviours of others?

underaged teens will always manage to get their hands on alcohol, i think as someone has already mentioned it is all based on how children are brought up to view alcohol.

Lee.