Alarming Number of Children Hospitalised for Drunkenness

[icyfroth]

Almost 300 children aged 11 and under and 6,500 older teenagers were admitted to UK hospitals last year as a result of alcohol.

While public health bodies say that fewer children are drinking overall, those who drink appear to be doing so to dangerous levels.

In Australia, one person aged 14-17 dies every week from alcohol-related harm, which includes overdosing, accidents and drownings.

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I'm resolved not to drink alcoholic beverages in front of my grandkids.

[twinkles**stars]

It's very alarming and sad 😞

[icyfroth]

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@twinkles**stars wrote:

It's very alarming and sad 😞

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'tis indeed, twinks,  and I worry for the future genertion they have so much to battle against.

[twinkles**stars]

Yes they do.

Too much is readily available to them IMO. More children are left home alone for longer periods of time.

[*elizabeths-mum*]

They are exposed to so much now.