SYDNEY is in the grip of a teenage binge-drinking epidemic with an average of five youngsters a day being admitted to hospital with alcohol problems.
That represents a doubling - in a decade - in the number of teenagers needing treatment for extreme intoxication, alcohol poisoning or withdrawal.
The Daily Telegraph has obtained an alarming report from NSW Health showing a 100 per cent increase in the past seven years in admissions for alcohol-related problems in 15- to 19-year-olds.
NSW hospitals feel teen drinking heat
August 15, 2008
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