The Health Barometers of the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (Inpes) provide regular monitoring of epidemiological indicators in the general population. These are repeated cross-sectional surveys, conducted by telephone, that are representative of the population of metropolitan France aged 15 to 75. The latest survey, conducted in 2010 among 27,653 individuals, including 2,838 aged 18 to 25, provides an overview of alcohol consumption among young people and how it has changed since 2005. The 18-25 age group, which differs from older adults in that they consume alcohol less regularly but more excessively, saw these differences become more pronounced in 2010, with daily alcohol consumption stabilizing while there was an increase in significant one-time binge drinking and episodes of intoxication. Students and young women stand out with particularly pronounced increases compared to 2005. Repeated episodes of drunkenness affected nearly twice as many students in 2010 as in 2005, and more than double the number among women. The behaviors of young men and women are thus tending to converge. Despite the fact that this issue is addressed in public health policies, these results underscore the importance of continued efforts by public authorities, educators, prevention professionals, and organizations to reduce the frequency of drunkenness, heavy episodic drinking, and their potential complications. (R.A.)