THE APPALLING scale of Scotland's teenage drink epidemic is today revealed by the Sunday Herald. Information obtained from the country's councils and health boards shows almost 1600 young people, some as young as 11, are currently being treated for alcohol addiction.
The number of those aged 18 or under in counselling has doubled since November 2006, when 689 had help for a drink problem.
Glasgow City Council, which had 55 young people in counselling in 2006, now has 115.