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Upsurge in teenage girls' drinking Flavored 'alcopops' called gateway for young consumers
S.F. Gate ^ | 12/17/04 | Newsday

Posted on 12/18/2004 6:52:05 PM PST by wagglebee

The percentage of teenage girls who drink alcoholic beverages is rising faster than that of boys, and on average the girls take their first drink at age 13, the American Medical Association said Thursday in reporting the findings of two surveys.

The AMA contends that a class of beverages informally known as "alcopops" is partly to blame, and it is warning doctors to educate teenagers about the dangers of such sweet drinks.

The polls indicate that teenage girls are most vulnerable to the marketing of the beverages, which contain 5 to 7 percent alcohol and have names like Rick's Spiked Lemonade, Doc Otis' Hard Lemon Flavored Malt Beverage, Mike's Hard Lemonade and Hooper's Hooch Lemon Brew.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alcohol; teenagedrinking; teens
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And from what I've seen, teenage girls are becoming harlots at a younger age too.
1 posted on 12/18/2004 6:52:06 PM PST by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee

You got that right.


2 posted on 12/18/2004 6:57:35 PM PST by MisterRepublican ("I must go. I must be elusive.")
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To: wagglebee

Oh, to be a kid again.


3 posted on 12/18/2004 6:58:08 PM PST by adam_az (UN out of the US! - http://www.moveamericaforward.org/?Page=Petition)
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To: wagglebee

Not sure what Snapple's doing in there.

4 posted on 12/18/2004 6:58:25 PM PST by martin_fierro (Hines Ward is my son! OK, not really, but it'd be nice.)
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To: wagglebee

at least they're not hiding it in their closet like I did when I was 13.


5 posted on 12/18/2004 6:59:15 PM PST by Hildy ( To work is to dance, to live is to worship, to breathe is to love.)
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To: adam_az

Yep, when I was a teenager the girls resisted when you tried to get them drunk!


6 posted on 12/18/2004 7:00:50 PM PST by wagglebee (Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
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To: martin_fierro
Not sure what Snapple's doing in there.

To show how hard difficult it is to pick out the alcopop from other drinks....

7 posted on 12/18/2004 7:01:21 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (Democrats: Tolerant of all people and opinions. Except me & mine - Conservative, Christian.)
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To: wagglebee
on average the girls take their first drink at age 13...

Lightweights. I started hitting the sauce at age 12. Of course, I had a valid excuse. Gerald Ford was President and Jimmy Carter followed him. I gave up the stuff 10 days before Reagan got inaugurated. :o)

8 posted on 12/18/2004 7:04:07 PM PST by Prime Choice (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ...And no, my powers can only be used for Good.)
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To: martin_fierro

But hasn't this been done before? Wine cooler anyone?


9 posted on 12/18/2004 7:04:09 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (FreeMartha)
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To: Hildy

I remember getting drunk on peach shnapps at Girl Scout Camp. Of course, I was a Troop Leader at the time...(just kidding)...I was 13 and we hid the bottle in a teddy bear (with a zipper compartment).


10 posted on 12/18/2004 7:08:42 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (FreeMartha)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

Ah.. the old days.


11 posted on 12/18/2004 7:09:47 PM PST by Hildy ( To work is to dance, to live is to worship, to breathe is to love.)
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To: wagglebee

But at least they're not smoking cigarettes.


12 posted on 12/18/2004 7:12:14 PM PST by Gabz
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To: martin_fierro

And then there was Gallo Ripple.


13 posted on 12/18/2004 7:13:41 PM PST by RWCon (P)
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To: Gabz

The way society is going, I have a feeling that cigarettes are becoming harder for teens to get than booze.


14 posted on 12/18/2004 7:14:03 PM PST by wagglebee (Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
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To: wagglebee

I would hazard you are correct. Harder, my guess, to buy Marboros than to buy crack.


15 posted on 12/18/2004 7:17:15 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (FreeMartha)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

At the rate things are going, crack will be cheaper than cigarettes in a few years.


16 posted on 12/18/2004 7:20:46 PM PST by wagglebee (Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
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Whatever, you guys. I was at my favorite eatery tonight to get my salad to-go. There was this girl, maybe 22 or so, on her cell-phone, talking to her girlfriend, BRAGGING about how drunk she had been the night before. That wasn't the worst of it. Apparently oblivious of her surroundings, she began to describe waking up this morning to *puke* on her floor and the hunt was on to determine who's it was! It was a game to her. Gross, gross....

I keep thinking these *conversations* can't get any worse; but they do! By the time I left, my appetite was gone! I was sickened by her stupidity, lack of personal self-respect, or sense of shame! "The future of America" my husband says. I can't think of a word to describe this pitiful person and the future that awaits her.


17 posted on 12/18/2004 7:24:39 PM PST by jatfla
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To: wagglebee; Hildy

LOL. Do you remember a cigarette brand called 'Eve' (kind of a cheaper, Virginia Slim knock off). They had a band of flowers printed on the filter...they were the smokes of choice of my schnapps friends and I back in my misguided youth.


18 posted on 12/18/2004 7:25:13 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (FreeMartha)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

I got drunk on peppermint schnapps ONCE, when I was 14, and once was plenty!


19 posted on 12/18/2004 7:26:53 PM PST by wagglebee (Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
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To: wagglebee

Thankfully, I can say I have never indulged in peppermint liquor of any variety. Sounds yucky.


20 posted on 12/18/2004 7:30:10 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (FreeMartha)
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