Drunk pupils bunk off school to hide their hangovers

Judith Gillespie, SPTC's Development Manager was asked by the "Edinburgh Evening News" (Monday 29th August) to comment on a report that found one in three pupils were playing truant from school due to hangovers.

Judith said: "We are regularly trying to make people more aware of the problems with alcohol. It's often the case that people focus on the problems caused by illegal drugs when, in fact, the damage being done by alcohol is far greater. Licensing laws as they stand prohibit youngsters from buying alcohol, yet they still get it.

"Many parents do not treat the fact that their child is using alcohol in the same way as they would react to finding them doing illegal drugs. Both are serious problems, but at the moment alcohol is certainly the greater problem."

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