Record Number of British Children in Hospital Due to Alcohol

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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:57 am Post subject: Record Number of British Children in Hospital Due to Alcohol


Record number of British children in hospital because of alcohol
Mon Dec 26, 9:08 PM ET


Record numbers of British children were treated in hospital last year with alcohol-related problems, The Daily Telegraph said, quoting figures from the Liberal Democrats opposition party.

Some 4,809 children were admitted to accident and emergency units for the effects of drinking alcohol in 2004-05, a rise of 15 percent since Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour party came to power in 1997.

The illnesses included cirrhosis, mental behaviour disorders and the toxic effects of drinking when young, the newspaper said.

The Department of Health figures also showed a rise in the number of adults admitted to hospital for drink-related conditions, up 30 percent from 35,740 in 1996-97 to 46,299 in 2004-05.

The Liberal Democrats blamed the cost of alcohol, Britain's binge-drinking culture and the more relaxed licensing laws introduced in England and Wales in November for fuelling the rise.

Both the Daily Mail -- which was editorially opposed to the move to so-called "24-hour drinking" -- and The Times carried the same figures.

The Times said the government was looking to get tough with unscrupulous retailers who sold alcohol illegally to under-18s and that binge-drinking among under-age youngsters could reach record levels over the new year weekend.

One of the arguments for relaxing the licensing laws was that it would allow more civilised socialising.

But opponents argued that because of Britain's hard-drinking reputation, it would merely increase alcohol abuse, drink-fuelled violence and anti-social behaviour.


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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject:

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alcohol in this country is to easy to get ,unlike america where the legal
dringking age is 21, here it is 18yrs, some of the kids who are 14 and 15yrs look 18, some of the shops which sell alcohol, the owners have
no scruples will sell to anyone no matter their age, now we have 24hr dringking laws, it can only get worse, sorry to say this is a price tag
future generations are going to have to pay, must admit many years ago
i was one of them kids, love in recovery bill

[Misselle]

I think I am the only one who responds to these.. sort of like talking to myself!

I can't honestly speak to Britain's particular issues but I know from experience that strict laws do not necessarily prevent alcohol consumption, even among children. My county is one of the old throw-back counties - dry as can be - no alcohol sales. Yet we have the highest DWI/DUI rate in Texas, the highest alcohol related death rate in Texas, and one of the highest rates of underage drinking. Yet you have to go to the next county to get alcohol, and they are very strict about checking IDs. Where are underage people getting it? I honestly am not sure, but if people want to drink, they will. We all know that