Higher drinking age in Spain reduces teen drinking — English Level A1

Alcohol use among young people is high today.
Some regions in Spain changed their alcohol laws.
New rules raised the drinking age to eighteen.
Fewer teenagers said they had been drunk last month.
Binge drinking among teens also decreased after the changes.
Students in those areas did better at school tests.
Teenagers showed small improvements in mental health.
Researchers used surveys and exam scores to compare.
The results suggest the law change helped young people.

Difficult words

alcohol — a drink that can make people drunk

law — an official rule by a government

laws

drinking age — the legal age to buy or drink alcohol

binge drinking — drinking a lot of alcohol quickly

researcher — a person who studies a topic and finds facts

Researchers

mental health — how a person feels and thinks

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