- 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 governmentlaws
- 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 factsResearchers
- mental health — how a person feels and thinks
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Discussion questions
- Do you agree with raising the drinking age to eighteen?
- Do you know any alcohol rules where you live?
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