Alcohol-fuelled New Year's celebrations end badly

6/01/2012 8:22:22 a.m.

kiwigreen wrote:

@john t ... right on i hear ya its so stupid how much alcohol causes problems yet its portraid as been good and ok... how much domestic violance does dack cause compaired to alcohol?? bugger all and when have you ever seen a aggressive stoned person i know i havent... its all about what the government can tax and what they cant. LEGALISE!!

4/01/2012 1:03:37 p.m.

JohnT wrote:

Celebrate New Year's with cannabis, it's safer. Legalise it!

4/01/2012 8:01:25 a.m.

Alex wrote:

It's not the drinking, it's how we're drinking. How difficult is it to have a night out and having a bit but not too much?

2/01/2012 4:54:07 p.m.

Skip wrote:

Before long we will be a nation of stay-at-home. Only fools will dare to move out into the rapidly spreading mine-field.

2/01/2012 10:05:33 a.m.

Offcut wrote:

Why cant these people be invociced for their hospital attendance and ambulance ride because they were trollyed ?Why should I and every responsable drinker pay for the moron drinkers ?

2/01/2012 10:00:00 a.m.

Stephen Berry wrote:

BZP got banned because of a few hospital admissions. Alcohol causes thousands and yet nothing happens. Perhpas if other drugs were legalised we would actually see a reduction in hospital admissions.

2/01/2012 7:13:49 a.m.

pondering wrote:

So it it is wrong for a under 14yr having access to such quantity of alcohol that their life is in danger. But it is not a new thing. It was a problem in the 70s as it is now. Maybe more so. I am almost relieved that only 3 cases turned up in the busiest A&E in NZ. It would be great if none had to go to hospital. Obviously somewhere in the chain an adult is involved . NZ attitude to alcohol and manning up and pouring it down is disgusting and dangerous. This type of sensationalising of youth binge drinking only serves to glamourise it. Maybe greater awareness of the abhorrent reality that happens to young male teens when adults ply them with alcohol and dope would put them off.

2/01/2012 12:25:14 a.m.

bOb wrote:

You never see these kind of numbers with cannabis use, its funny how a drug like alcohol that fuels irresponsible behavior is considered ok yet cannabis is seen as a 'dangerous drug' even tho unlike alcohol it isn't linked %50 of the time to violence and murder in this country.

1/01/2012 7:42:21 p.m.

Alfred Rosenberg wrote:

Alcohol is infinitely more harmful than cannabis and far worse than tobacco but you never hear the same arguments you hear against cannabis and tobacco used against alcohol.