Lots of Kiwi adolescents drink lots of alcohol:

Over 60% of secondary school students are current drinkers; over 34% of all students had binge drunk recently; and among current drinking students, over 46% usually drank 5 or more drinks per session (see Youth ’07 study for more stats).


Lots of alcohol can cause lots of problems:

  • Chronic drinking makes the brain have to work harder;

  • Heavy drinking can impact the ability to learn new information;

  • Alcohol may more negatively impact female frontal lobe functioning;

  • Foetal Alcohol Syndrome is associated with high alcohol consumption.



    • If you are concerned about an adolescent’s drinking behaviour, contact us.

    Thanks to Brainwave Trust for this information (brainwave.org.nz).