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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Half of under-age drinkers who admit to being drunk are given alcohol by parents

By JAMES SLACK -
15th August 2007

Drunk teens are getting alcohol from their parents

Half of all under-age drinkers are supplied with the alcohol by their parents, Home Office research reveals.

And tens of thousands of feckless mothers and fathers are turning a blind eye while children as young as ten get "very drunk".

The findings from the authoritative Offending Crime and Justice Survey show that 56 per cent of the 5.4million ten-to-17-year-olds in England and Wales admitted drinking in the past year.
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