alcohol
It's not just students who pre-drink.
It's like the 18th century all over again.
'The results were really worrying.'
Friends + wine = brilliant photos
'It's a vicious and extremely damaging circle.'
'No one should take this risk for a few likes on social media.'
In 1950, Brits drank an average of 3.9 litres of pure alcohol per person. Then, in 1960, it begins to creep upward. The upward trajectory ends in 1980, but that turns out to be temporary. By the late 1990s consumption is rising rapidly again. Come Peak Booze, in 2004, we were drinking 9.5 litres of alcohol per person - the equivalent of more than 100 bottles of wine.