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News - 11 October 2009

Budget alcohol unit price now averaging at 17p

Alcohol is now so cheap teenagers can binge-drink on their pocket money, according to a survey of 10,000 teens in the North West.

The alarming research by Professor Mark Bellis, of Liverpool John Moores Universityshows the average price of budget alcohol is 17p a unit - that is about £1.36 for a two-litre bottle of cider.

More than 80% of 15 to 16-year-olds said they booze and three in 10 admit drunken violence. A further one in eight have had sex while smashed which they later regret.

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