Finns drank a record amount of alcohol in 2002.

Alcohol consumption rose to 39.5 million litres of pure, 100-percent alcohol, or 9.3 litres per capita.
This represents a growth of 3.5 percent over the previous year.

More can be read from the Helsingin Sanomat (http://www.helsinki-hs.net/news.asp?id=20030214IE3)

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