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Myopia and alcoholism

Geoff Riley

25th May 2008

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This BBC news video reports that the number of hospital admissions linked to alcohol has more than doubled in the last 12 years.

More and more teenagers are being admitted to hospital with alcohol related illnesses; they and millions of others readily admit to drinking way above the recommended limits but the majority refuse to believe or understand the effects this can have on their health in the years ahead. Doctors are calling for substantial increases in the real price of alcohol.

BBC news article

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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