Teenagers - you can have a good time without consuming alcohol

A survey shows that 16-25 year olds are far more sensible than their parents. Caomhan Keane gets a handle on Generation Zero.

GENERATION Y — that’s those of us who check the 25 and over box, partied through the boom on a perpetual drink fest, imbibing a record 14.3 litres of alcohol in 2001.

But studies conducted both at home and abroad suggest the number of young people who binge drink has started to fall. So has the number of recreational drug users. While the one figure that is rising is the number of those who’ve abstained from alcohol all together.