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| It is illegal for any person under the age of 18 to purchase alcohol. | It is illegal for any person under 18 to consume alcohol in public. | |
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| The vast majority of young people have their first drink before their 16th birthday. | There is no connection between the kind of social background a child comes from and whether or not they drink. | |
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| The age at which young people are starting to drink is getting lower. | Of young people who have tried alcohol, about two-thirds have felt drunk at least once. | |
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| Peer pressure is responsible for underage drinking. | If young people were not served in bars and off-licences, there would be no underage drinking problem. | |
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| There are a number of factors involved in underage drinking including peer pressure, experimentation, liking the effects, wanting to try something new and availability in the places they frequent. | In reality, the vast majority of young people drink in other areas such as their homes, parks etc during early experimentation. The vast majority of pubs and off-licences are extremely vigilant. | |
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| Alcohol is a stimulant. | Binge drinking is ok if it doesn't happen everyday. | |
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| Alcohol is a depressant - it appears to be a stimulant simply because it dulls those parts of the brain which usually make us behave with constraint. | Binge drinking (five drinks or more in succession) is very risky and is responsible for most of the problems associated with drinking alcohol. | |
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