Three-year-old is UK's 'youngest ever alcoholic'

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The Nuul
http://www.canada.com/health/Three+year+youngest+ever+alcoholic/4435837/story.html



A three-year-old child who was treated in hospital for addiction to alcohol is thought to be Britain's youngest ever alcoholic, health officials said Monday.

The youngster was one of 13 people under the age of 12 who were diagnosed as alcoholics by the state-run National Health Service (NHS) in central England between 2008 and 2010.

Health officials declined to give details of the three-year-old's condition or disclose the toddler's identity due to patient confidentiality rules.

An NHS spokeswoman said: "We treat alcohol abuse very seriously, and have specialist teams and experts on hand who are there to treat young patients with alcohol-related problems."

The news, revealed by the NHS after a request under Freedom of Information laws, highlights Britain's uphill struggle to curb its heavy-drinking culture.

It came on the same day that leading health groups blasted a government initiative on alcohol which involves asking drinks firms to sign up to pledges to cut binge and underage drinking.

The groups, including the British Medical Association and the charity Alcohol Concern, accused the health ministry of letting the drinks industry dictate policy and condemned the pledges as neither specific nor measurable.

Nephthys
blink

Mairuzu
Is he related to Alfie Patten

jaden101
That's ma boy!!!

Robtard
Maybe he'll take up chain smoking now like that fat little Asian kid.

jaden101
Originally posted by Robtard
Maybe he'll take up chain smoking now like that fat little Asian kid.

That's your boy!!!

Robtard
Originally posted by jaden101
That's your boy!!!

I'd prefer he were an alcoholic, if it had to be one.

Deja~vu
Not much has changed in Britan in the last few years, I guess except the curb in Opium ussage. The 1800's live again!

Robtard
Were there a lot of three-year-old drunks in 19th century Britain?

ADarksideJedi
Thats pretty bad.It is hard to believe that at age 15 you can drink alcohol already.Seems abit too young for me.

inimalist
man, that kid is cool

MildPossession
In Britain you can drink it at a young age, if you have idiotic parents, in your own home, I believe it's no one under 5 or 6 can drink alcohol.

Outside of the house, it's a different thing, certainly not 15.

Bardock42
Originally posted by The Nuul
http://www.canada.com/health/Three+year+youngest+ever+alcoholic/4435837/story.html



A three-year-old child who was treated in hospital for addiction to alcohol is thought to be Britain's youngest ever alcoholic, health officials said Monday.

The youngster was one of 13 people under the age of 12 who were diagnosed as alcoholics by the state-run National Health Service (NHS) in central England between 2008 and 2010.

Health officials declined to give details of the three-year-old's condition or disclose the toddler's identity due to patient confidentiality rules.

An NHS spokeswoman said: "We treat alcohol abuse very seriously, and have specialist teams and experts on hand who are there to treat young patients with alcohol-related problems."

The news, revealed by the NHS after a request under Freedom of Information laws, highlights Britain's uphill struggle to curb its heavy-drinking culture.

It came on the same day that leading health groups blasted a government initiative on alcohol which involves asking drinks firms to sign up to pledges to cut binge and underage drinking.

The groups, including the British Medical Association and the charity Alcohol Concern, accused the health ministry of letting the drinks industry dictate policy and condemned the pledges as neither specific nor measurable.

How does that even work, who gives a three year old alcohol?

Robtard
Originally posted by Bardock42
How does that even work, who gives a three year old alcohol?

Abusive alcoholic parents? Probably keeps the kid quiet though.

Bicnarok

MildPossession
Unfortunately. sad

RE: Blaxican
Haha, America is way better than you guys.

King Kandy
Originally posted by Bardock42
How does that even work, who gives a three year old alcohol?
well, used to be one of the key ingredients in "calming syrups"...

Symmetric Chaos
Originally posted by Bardock42
How does that even work, who gives a three year old alcohol?

IIRC there's an old wives tale to the effect that you dip a finger in wine and let the baby try it so he'll go to sleep.

0mega Spawn
Originally posted by inimalist
man, that kid is cool damn, really? retarded is the new cool now? LMAO

genky17
i was drinking when i was 3 it never did me any harm smile

Quiero Mota
Originally posted by Robtard
Maybe he'll take up chain smoking now like that fat little Asian kid.

Oh yeah, I remember seeing that 2-year-old Malaysian kid on the news. He had some serious dexterity. Many kids his age can't even tie their own shoes, but he could light up and flick his butts with the best of them, without burning himself. And, IIRC, he can also blow o-rings, which is pretty hard.

ADarksideJedi
Originally posted by MildPossession
In Britain you can drink it at a young age, if you have idiotic parents, in your own home, I believe it's no one under 5 or 6 can drink alcohol.

Outside of the house, it's a different thing, certainly not 15.

How old is the drinking age then?

Bicnarok
Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Haha, America is way better than you guys.

At what: Producing:- obese, big mouthed, nationalistic, odd talking, gun toting, sheeple? Happy Dance

ADarksideJedi
I am sure England has those promblems as well.No country is perfect!

Bardock42
Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
I am sure England has those promblems as well.No country is perfect!

I think England is doing quite well with the gun toting, but you are right obviously, every country has its problems, and every country has it's nice, great people.

Darth Piggott
Originally posted by MildPossession
In Britain you can drink it at a young age, if you have idiotic parents, in your own home, I believe it's no one under 5 or 6 can drink alcohol.

Outside of the house, it's a different thing, certainly not 15.

When I was that age I would drink anything that sat on the counter overnight, from soda to different types of alcohol. Never became an alcoholic though.

MildPossession
To buy it yourself you have to be 18+

inimalist
to be honest, I'd like to see the methods they used to define "addiction" here. The term is so poorly used in psychology, and almost never has the same connotation as what we tend to think it does (ie, addicts living on the street or alcoholics suffering from serious addiction and habit). I'm skeptical that "alcoholic" here means anything close to what it would mean for an adult, and probably has more to do with damage caused by alcohol, rather than a psychology...

ADarksideJedi
Originally posted by MildPossession
To buy it yourself you have to be 18+

I see.Thanks smile

Bicnarok
Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
I am sure England has those promblems as well.No country is perfect!

I was only on a wind up.

A country ie the USA is just a name given to an area of land, the residents are obviously a vast array of weird, daft and wonderful people.

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