The Education Ministry announced that it will launch a campaign to combat teenage alcohol use after a recent study found that binge drinking amongst high school students has skyrocketed.
According to Education Ministry Director-General Shmuel Abuav, "28% of 10th-11th graders reported that during their lives they drunk alcohol to the point of drunkenness, which is a difficult and unbearable issue, and we must deal with this issue by all means available to us. We are determined to change direction and reduce the phenomenon."