As young people in rich countries drink less alcohol, elsewhere youth drinking is on the rise – podcast

Drinking is going out of fashion among young people in some parts of the world, but not others. Kzenon via Shutterstock.

The amount of alcohol young people drink in many high-income countries has seen a marked decline since the early 2000s. But in many developing countries, the opposite is happening. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to three experts studying trends in young people’s drinking habits to find out why and we explore the questions this raises about the way young people see themselves and their place in the world.