Almost a third of girls in Britain said that they had been drunk at least twice by the age of 15 compared with a quarter of boys mediaphotos/Getty ImagesTeenage girls are emerging as Britain’s problem drinkers and are more likely than boys to get drunk than anywhere else in the West. In almost every rich country, 15-year-old boys get inebriated more often than girls of that age, according to a study. Only in the UK, Canada and Sweden were girls more likely to get drunk, but the gender gap was biggest in Britain. Almost a third of girls in Britain said that they had been drunk at least twice by the age of 15 compared with a quarter of boys, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…

Source: The Times October 05, 2016 23:03 UTC