November 19th, 2007 by ThunderDragon
Regulation: causing alcohol-related deaths.
In the past decade, the UK has seen an increase in alcohol related deaths. This has been accompanied by an increase in government regulation to try and combat the problem…
Increased control isn’t the way to solve the problem. Countries with a less restrictive attitude toward alcohol don’t have the same problems of youth abuse. In many European countries, children grow up with alcohol as an accepted part of daily life, rather than a forbidden novelty, so when they reach adulthood the desire to overindulge is much less. In more temperate cultures like Britain and America, when young people begin to drink they often do so to excess because alcohol is a new and exciting novelty. (ASI)
Increased control isn’t the way to solve the problem. Countries with a less restrictive attitude toward alcohol don’t have the same problems of youth abuse. In many European countries, children grow up with alcohol as an accepted part of daily life, rather than a forbidden novelty, so when they reach adulthood the desire to overindulge is much less. In more temperate cultures like Britain and America, when young people begin to drink they often do so to excess because alcohol is a new and exciting novelty. (ASI)
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