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Binge drinking crackdown
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
