More than 80 percent of Dutch children aged between nine and 15 say they have tried alcohol and on average start drinking at the age of 12. The teen web site Kaboem (www.kaboem.nl) said Monday a survey of young people found some 68 percent of Dutch 15-year-olds admitted drinking alcohol often and a third of respondents said that when they drink they have enough to get drunk .

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