The U.K. seems to have a much worse problem with teenaged alcoholism. In the U.K. kids start to drink before the teen years at about age 11. Six out of 10 boys drink and 50% of girls do. the numbers have continued to rise since the numbers fell in 2000. Kids pick up drinking from their parents and from the people hang around with, and the availability of the drug. The U.S. has one of the biggest variety and quantity of alcohol.
             The definition of alcoholism is " a primary and chronic disease with genetic, phycological, and environmental factors influencing the development and manifestations of uncontrollable alcohol use." this definition sees alcoholism as a disease.
             In both the U.K and the U.S. there are legal drinking ages. In America it's 21. But in the U.K. it is 16. So I turn 16 in June this year. If I lived over there in the U.K. I could go out and get myself a couple shots of Five Star and it's no big deal, with my dinner of course.
             Over there in the U.K. there are teenaged drunks who are 11 years old! Twenty percent of them drink as much as 9.3 units a week. That is 9.3 40oz bottles of 50 proof liquor. Now I really know I ain't no drunk cause I could never drink 9.3 bottles of 50 proof. I ain't got it in me.
             Most American teens I know drink probably once a week. You know we're mostly party drinkers. We drink at the party get drunk have a good time go home sober up a little. Drink a few more, sober up then go to school my Monday mourning partly in a hangover but well enough to walk.
             Well from what I have read about these U.K. kids I guess they drink every night. Kids getting suspended from school, Well more then half are suspended for being drunk at school or drinking at school. Now even in Onamia you can't get away with that.
             In America most of us teens have drank by 15 not all but most. Over there only 14% of kids 11 to 15 have not drank ever! Fourth one percent have d...