Alcohol consumption fell again last year: 39.6 percent of students have ever drunk, 34.5 percent in the last year and 22 percent in the last month. When students drink, they still drink a lot: two-thirds of them have binged in the past month. Binge drinking is drinking 5 or more drinks in a short period of time. “So although the decline in the number of alcohol users appears to be a positive development, we must be cautious in drawing conclusions,” said Trimbos.
Schoolchildren use less laughing gas, but concerns about vaping, gambling and binge drinking
