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Prices up, limits down - alcohol laws come under the microscope - Video

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00
The Law Commission is proposing some sobering recommendations to change the way we drink. The price would go up, for a start, and the legal drinking age would also rise by a year or two. - read full story »
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Brian
25 Apr 2009 10:27p.m.

Totally agree with the idea of raising the age limit.
Realistically speaking looking at all the alcohol fulled people causing disoerderly behaviour on Friday nights is just unacceptable. And as a member of the police, it's about time this legislation is put into place.

nigel
25 Apr 2009 11:29a.m.

I think alcohol is a problem we can do nothing about! Tinkering with laws will only make peoples lives more difficult. Bit like speed cameras achieve nothing and just annoy drivers, spurring them on to drive ever faster. Alcohol has been a problem for millennia, but we like it. A brave Politician should simply point this rather obvious fact out, rather than waste public money on an unsolvable problem .

Andrew
25 Apr 2009 9:04a.m.

The simple “all or none” approaches traditionally favoured by our legislators will not only continue to be unpopular but are doomed to fail. Instead of focusing on drinking age and price we should be looking at where and how alcohol is sold, where it may be consumed and only lastly by whom.

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