Binge drinking crackdown

[hc4361]

The government and health agencies are very keen to cut down on the binge drinking culture that results in young people getting very drunk, vomiting and urinating in the street, fighting inside and outside clubs, passing out on pavements. Apparently the cost to society is enormous - ambulances, A&E, police, clean up operations, lost work days.

So why doesn't the government and powers that be exercise the powers they already have and fine people for:
being drunk and disorderly
urinating in public
serving alcohol to inebriates
serving alcohol to minors
indecent behaviour - flashing boobs, bums, and willies in public

Would it be unreasonable to issue fixed penalties to people who pee or vomit in the street because they are drunk? Somebody has to clean it up, after all.

Would it be unreasonable to charge people who need hospital treatment for alcohol poisoning - the stomach pump, the rehydration, the hospital bed, the ambulance? A token amount, say £50 or £100.

It is illegal to serve alcohol to under age kids or drunks, yet it is obvious clubs and pubs do so. Would they if their licence was suspended for a week or two, or they were given a heavy fine?

I'm sick of talk about crackdowns - let's see something done about it.

[emmie]

no, 50 pound max, to be paid when they are sober. As to peeing in the streets, that is very antisocial, suggest those who do it and are caught, are made to clean it up.

[joggerjayne]

OJ ...

Different priorities in different places, I think.

Part of the reason people come here is to go a bit wild. If the SS cracked down on it, there would be uproar. But we're down here on the edge of the island, out of everyone else's way. Drink, soft drugs and a bit of excess are part of the culture.

The Police generally concentrate on stuff that's important HERE ... which is different from what's important elsewhere.

[joggerjayne]

SC ... not SS

Having said which, LOL

[emmie]

what is SC?

[sandyRoe]

JJ, when the tide come in are the drunken teenagers not in danger of being washed away?

[joggerjayne]

Sandy ... maybe that saves them having to shower the next morning, LOL.

Sorry em ... Sussex Constabulary.

[ojread2]

That's a point I suppose
As long as no one is hurt or inured, one supposes what harm is there?
At least there are no windows to smash ..

[ojread2]

ahem, inJured

[emmie]

oh they get injured alright, smashed noses, chins, arms, from hitting the deck when they fall over. Or being rude and swearing at someone and get punched for their trouble.