Re: Alcohol costs
Originally Posted by
Stella H
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Alcohol also causes overcrowded A&E departments, especially over the weekends. I have worked there so know 1st-hand. Doctors and nurses are run off their feet, also being badly abused. Drinkers (some of them) get tanked up on alcohol they get cheap from supermarkets before they go out and drink more. Why do the supermarkets sell cheap cider and lager? It isn't helping the problem at all, just making it worse.
Yes I agree Stella and I too have experienced first hand the problems facing A&E staff.
Drink related illnesses and drink related crime is spiraling.
Government has made it a stated aim to encourage responsible drinking, setting minimum price on alcohol as well as upholding existing laws on underage sales.
The Department of Health sets guidelines for responsible drinking and warns of the dangers of excessive consumption - as well as footing the bill of alcohol-related illnesses.
The Home Office is responsible for reducing drink-related anti-social behaviour and crime.
Unfortunately, some may say that this is the 'nanny state' interfering with an individual's choice to indulge in their own particular freedoms.