Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Alcohol causing child health problems

RECORD numbers of British children were treated in hospital last year with alcohol-related problems, The Daily Telegraph reported today, quoting figures from the Liberal Democrats opposition party.Some 4, 09 children were admitted to accident and emergency units for the effects of drinking alcohol in 2004-05, a rise of 15 per cent 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 per cent from 35,740 in 1996-97 to 46,299 in 2004-05.

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.

www.theaustralian.news.com.au

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