A Welsh MP has called on the Government and drinks industry to "get a grip" on teenage boozing.
The call from Preseli MP Stephen Crabb comes a week after Wales was found to have the highest levels of teenage drinking in Europe in research conducted by the University of Edinburgh.
In a previous Westminster debate, the Tory said: "Tell it like it is—it is not the drinks industry but the binge drink industry.
"It makes its money not from people having a pint of beer after a round of golf, but from all the young people who go out on a Friday and Saturday night and get hammered."
Crabb recently spent the night on patrol with police where he claims to have witnessed several brawls outside pubs.
"It is time that the Government, politicians, parents and retailers face up to the reality of a Wales where the consumption of alcohol has shot up in the last 20 years, where supermarkets are selling beer at a cheaper price than water, where one child under eight is being admitted to a Welsh hospital almost every month after drinking alcohol, and town centres are blighted by vomit and violence every weekend," he said.
"There is no mistaking the urgency of the warning carried in the University of Edinburgh's report.
"We are in the midst of a dangerous epidemic of binge drinking; the time has come for robust action to tackle this crisis.
"It is a normal part of the growing-up experience for teenagers to drink and enjoy a good night out.
"What's changed in recent years is the fact that the alcohol content of beer and other drinks has been ramped up dramatically and young people are now drinking more often and at a younger average age.
"This is storing up huge social problems for our country."