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Originally Posted by Angua
The paracetamol system is as effective as a chocolate stair gate. In as much as the purchase of booze can be spread amongst many suppliers. So no help there and given that registered alcoholics get money towards drink, increasing the cost will just increase the amount of benefit they will need.
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The thing with the Paracetamol issue is that it takes longer to get the means to kill yourself and it costs more because of the packaging(16 tabs,foil and blister packaging plus cardboard box compared to 100 tabs in brown bottle the cost went up 3 fold).
So doing the same for alcohol won't stop the problems straight out, just make it harder and take longer..
At the time I was annoyed because I was penalised even though I was a responsible user of the product.If the same thing happens with alcohol I will be just as incensed because I am a responsible drinker.
What we need is for parents,educators and society to step up and do the right thing.To really smack down hard on those that sell to the underage,those that buy for the underage and to parents who don't parent their teenagers for underage drinking and are lousy examples to their children about binge drinking and above all don't check where their children are when out of sight.