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Old 30-09-2010, 11:54   #58
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Re: The Traditional Pub disappearing.

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Originally Posted by Angua View Post
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.
Restricting paracetamol doesn't prevent someone from committing suicide if that's what they really want to do, but then it was never really intended to do that.

It was supposed to put large bottles of the stuff out of the reach of angsty emo teenagers who were liable to down a handful without truly weighing up the chances of it really, actually killing them.
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