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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Hospitals treat 8,000 drunk children each year
By Christopher Hope, Home Affairs Correspondent
13/02/2008

The number of school-age children needing medical treatment after binge drinking has soared by nearly 40 per cent in just six years.

New figures show 22 under-18s were admitted to hospital in England every day in the first full year after 24-hour drinking was introduced to pubs and bars.

The statistics come amid rising concern about the scale of alcohol abuse by teenagers.
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