Others' drinking habits 'affect the young'

NEW research has found almost 85 per cent of young Victorians aged between 16 to 24 have been affected by someone else's drinking.

The study by the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research (CAPR) found harms experienced by the 5000 people surveyed fell into two categories - tangible harms and amenity harms.

Tangible harms included verbal and physical assault and car accidents while amenity harms involved feeling unsafe in public or being annoyed by drinkers.

CAPR researcher Dr Sarah Callinan says the issue of subjectivity is one of the problems in measuring harms to others from alcohol use.

"Two people may live through the same experience and only one might consider themselves harmed," Dr Callinan said.

"Interestingly, it may be that the social acceptance of alcohol is in fact reducing the perception of harms."

The research found that women, people living in major cities, binge drinkers and those taking drugs other then cannabis were more likely to experience amenity harms.

People aged between 18-21, those with a positive attitude to drinking and all types of drug users were likely to experience tangible alcohol and drug harms.

Dr Callinan will present the study to the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs in Melbourne on Tuesday.

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