Saturday, April 28, 2007
Ban alcohol for under 15s?
I discovered this headline on my mobile phone earlier today, and was quite surprised, considering I had always thought it already was banned. It turns out, on closer inspection, that the organisation "Alcohol Concern" has called for parents who give under 15s alcohol to be prosecuted. Yes, prosecuted. Call in the CPS, a 14 year old had a Budweiser. Heres hoping for a good lawyer.
Supposedly justifying this response is a new study showing an increase in alcohol consumption among children:
Yes, there is something wrong about an 11 year old boy on 12 units a week. This is like, what, 6 cans a week? (he says, wearily taking a glance at an old discarded Fosters he just found on the floor) Its not acceptable, but its not a worldwide crisis.
Spelling out the bloody obvious is the sorry burden I am duty bound to shoulder for this blog: Does it not seem likely this drinking is taking place with parents absent? Are there really mothers and fathers across the country calling out to their sons, demanding (or even "allowing", implying the parents have actively given permission) they neck 6 cans of beer?
Supposedly justifying this response is a new study showing an increase in alcohol consumption among children:
The report's figures, published by the Information Centre (IC) last November, showed boys aged 11 to 13 who had drunk the previous week drank an average of 12 units of alcohol in 2006 compared to eight in 2000. The figure for girls increased from just under five units in 2000 to just over eight in 2006.
Yes, there is something wrong about an 11 year old boy on 12 units a week. This is like, what, 6 cans a week? (he says, wearily taking a glance at an old discarded Fosters he just found on the floor) Its not acceptable, but its not a worldwide crisis.
Spelling out the bloody obvious is the sorry burden I am duty bound to shoulder for this blog: Does it not seem likely this drinking is taking place with parents absent? Are there really mothers and fathers across the country calling out to their sons, demanding (or even "allowing", implying the parents have actively given permission) they neck 6 cans of beer?
# posted by Chris Hughes @ 1:13 am 
