Watoto 'chapombe' watibiwa

WATOTO nchini Scotland wamekithiri kwa ulevi.

Watoto hao kuanzia umri wa miaka tisa wamekuwa chapombe kiasi cha kuwalazimu wapate tiba hospitali kuwasaidia waishi maisha ya kawaida.

Inadaiwa kwamba watoto wa huko waanza ulevi 'mapemaaa' , 'wanapiga sana mtungi' na baadhi yao wanaaaga dunia kwa sababu ya matatizo ya ini.

Soma hapo chini

KIDS as young as NINE are being treated for alcohol abuse at a drying-out clinic.

Staff at a centre in Aberdeen have already helped six boozers under the age of 10 this year.

Andrew Hall, chief executive of Alcohol Support, which runs Albyn House clinic in the city, said they had 38 under-16s registered, with dozens more on the waiting list.

And he believes the binge drinking epidemic facing Scotland's youth is only going to get worse.

Mr Hall said last night: "There is an increasing demand on our service from children aged nine and up - it's a growing problem.

"At one stage this year we were treating six children under the age of 10.

"All the evidence shows that children are starting to drink earlier, they are drinking more and the results are getting worse - we now have kids dying of liver failure."

Mr Hall - whose group treats 1,000 people a year - said the majority of the children involved were aged 11 to 15.