These Fact file topics give you background information to support your teaching of alcohol with your students.

Information, quizzes and activities for young people about alcohol are provided in the main section of the Talk about alcohol website.

• The effect of alcohol on the body
• The effect of alcohol on a person
• The laws relating to alcohol
• Calculating the amount of alcohol in a drink
• The dangers of alcohol for young people

Only a very small minority (14%) of 15–16 year olds get drunk regularly.