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NYC Teens Drank More After 9/11

New research into the effects of Sept. 11, 2001, suggests that alcohol served as a refuge for some New York City teens who were directly exposed to the terrorist attacks…

Nearly 11 percent said they’d been drinking more since 9/11. The students were 1.8 times more likely to report heavier drinking if they’d been directly exposed to the attacks — if they had been in the World Trade Center area at the time, watched them closely on television or had a family member who was involved…

[Co-author Cristiane] Duarte cautioned that the drinking statistics aren’t as reliable as they could be because the researchers didn’t survey the teens before 9/11.