Young adults are taking prescription drugs instead of alcohol - and it's dividing experts

BBC News Tuesday 18 August 2026, 00:00 UTC 1 min read

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Increasingly, young adults are taking anxiety medication to feel "drunk" at parties. But it's not a free lunch, experts warn.

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Newborn with heart condition at center of surrogacy legal fight has surgery

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