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The London Assembly has launched a major new investigation into the extent of underage drinking and alcohol misuse in the Capital.
The Assembly is asking people of all ages for their views, which it will use to make recommendations on the best approach to tackle problems.
According to the Assembly, the UK has the third highest proportion of 15 year-olds (24%) that have been drunk 10 times or more.
“Underage drinking and alcohol misuse by young people is already beginning to have serious repercussions on public health and young people’s life prospects, and will continue to do so for future generations unless something is done to tackle the problem,” said James Cleverly, chair of the health and public services committee.
“We know that 1,603 young people were admitted to London hospitals with alcohol-specific problems last year, but this is likely to be just the tip of the iceberg. Our investigation will uncover the true scale of the problem, and I encourage Londoners to help us d
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Les Whittaker 27/08/2008 10:57:23  |
RE: London Assembly launches underage drinking probe Yet another survey and waste of tax payers money. The answer is staring them in the face and all politicians refuse to see it.. The availability and easy access to cheap alcohol through the unsupervised off trade. Stop unsupervised irresponsible sales within the off trade and the problem will be dramatically reduced over night. Rocket science, it isn't !!!! This post replies to this thread |
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| john morphew 27/08/2008 15:16:43 |
RE: London Assembly launches underage drinking probe rocket science it is to these thickos governing us. when all off sales were made by pubs there was no problem. This post replies to Les Whittaker > RE: London Assembly launches underage drinking probe |
