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240 children are taken to hospital over drink and drugs...
MORE than 200 children were taken to two Cumbrian hospitals last year to have emergency treatment for drink or drugs.
Nearly half of the 240 children admitted to A&E departments in Carlisle and Whitehaven last year for drink and drugs had been boozing.
The youngest was a 10-year-old from Carlisle who went to the Cumberland Infirmary with a suspected alcohol overdose. A 13-year-old from Whitehaven collapsed after taking heroin.
Figures obtained by the News & Star under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that 110 children between 10 and 17 went to hospital with drink-related symptoms.
Around 12 of the youngsters taken into hospital had taken illegal drugs. The others had taken Valium, diazepam or other prescription drugs.
Of the 25 17-year-olds who went to hospital for alcohol, five collapsed, five were classed as overdoses, with three involving drugs.
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