Once again it is because over the last couple of decades or so the powers that be have let standards slip to an all time low in this country.
Years ago when drink was a lot stronger , there wasn't such a problem as there is today. This was because the police conducted a zero tolerance attitude towards drunken behavour. In the local press it was not unusual to read of individuals who had been accused of drunken behavour, imprisoned overnight, before the beak in the morning and to be then fined a sum of money. But these cases were few and far between, and the accused was mainly an individual who was well known throughout the town, for such behavour.
If there was any persistence trouble in or outside any pub, the landlord had his licence taken off him.
This is what should happen to some of these pubs and clubs, that seem to have a somewhat lenient attitude towards drunkenness and drugs.
Regarding our young drinkers It would also help if the police were to pay visits in the evenings to the parks, play areas, and shopping precincts. And instead of making them pour the drink away and then having a friendly chat with them, they should cart them off to their parents and read the riot act, warning them that if their little Wayne or Tracy is caught again, they could expect a heavy fine being placed upon them.
The time has come to put and end to these silly measures that are forever being suggested they are just sound-bites, the time has come for strong definite action, not only to this drink problem but also to the increasingly liberal attitude to all the other problems we have in this country.