Chicago's worst weekends for underage drinking
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Though underage drinking may be common, that doesn’t make it safe. Lurie Children’s researchers found that the number of teenage ER admissions related to alcohol spiked during certain 3-day weeke...
nds in 2015. These spikes often corresponded with holidays or major local music festivals where teenage drinking may be common. ER visits during Lollapalooza were more than three times those during Halloween, which had the second highest admission rates, and more than five times higher than those over Cinco de Mayo and St. Patrick’s Day weekends.
Using data from the emergency rooms throughout Chicago, Lurie Children’s researchers found that the number of teenage ER admissions related to alcohol use spiked during certain 3-day weekends in 2015 with the largest spike being the Lollapalooza weekend
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