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How do we stop children drinking alcohol?

Graham Stewart takes your calls on an NHS survey highlighting the number of young children being hospitalised by binge drinking.

An NHS survey has found children as young as eight being admitted to casualty. Over a five-week period, almost 650 children were admitted to Scotland's A&E departments and 15 of them were of primary school age. Dr Bill Morrison, a consultant in emergency medicine who chaired the project, has warned that the country is facing "social meltdown" in a decade unless Scotland gets to grips with binge drinking among the young.

Graham Stewart (standing in for Gary Robertson) takes your calls, texts and emails.

40 minutes

Last on

Thu 1 May 2008 08:50

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  • Thu 1 May 2008 08:50