By Daniel Martin
The terrifying scale of binge drinking among teenagers was laid bare last night as official figures revealed more than 160 children a week end up in hospital for drink problems.
The number of under 18s being admitted to hospital through alcohol was 8,494 in 2007 - no fewer than 23 a day.
It is a rise of more than 50 per cent since the year before Labour took office a decade ago.
Binge drinking is now so serious among young people that thousands of young teenagers are regularly downing six pints of beer a week, the highest level ever recorded.
A shock new report reveals that those 11 to 15-year-olds who admit to drinking knock back an average of 11.4 units a week - equivalent to nearly two bottles of wine or almost 12 shots of whisky.
Over all age groups, the numbers ending up in hospital because of drink has more than doubled under Labour.
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