The general view is that the alcoholism and binge drinking of a few should not have any impact on those who drink responsibly (related to the recent debate on increasing the price of alcohol). Unfortunately if it was as simple as that… Those “few” have risen to an alarming number. Almost a million people visited clinics and hospitals for alcohol related problems, last year.
This is not about being mature about drinking, where alcohol is involved there are bound to be casualties. The question is how many will be enough? Will a million suffice?
One other fact about alcohol, which everybody has heard but nobody seems to take seriously, is that scientifically speaking alcohol has been defined as a drug and quite a strong one as described by our lecturer in his lecture on drugs. The fact that it is a legally sanctioned drug makes everyone think that it’s not a drug or that it is a drug better than the others.
I agree with you completely when you say that a price rise will not have an effect on drinking habits. However I must differ on your suggestion to a more mature public approach to alcohol. The only approach that can be practical and successful is outfashioning it or outdating it, showing it the out door, just like we have done to cigarettes.
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http://lesshatemoreskate.blogspot.com/2009/03/drinks-promotions.html#comments
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