andrewducker (
andrewducker) wrote2011-03-22 08:57 am
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PANIC IN THE STREETS!
The head of the Scottish prosecution service has announced that Scotland faced a "real apocalypse" unless it "gets to grips" with over-consumption.*
And underneath that, on the same page of the BBC News it's announced that in the last 9 years the number of under-15-year-olds drinking alcohol once per week has dropped by a third.**
So, which is it? Are the teens drinking more and apocalypsing*** in the streets? Or are they actually better behaved than at any other time in history?
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And underneath that, on the same page of the BBC News it's announced that in the last 9 years the number of under-15-year-olds drinking alcohol once per week has dropped by a third.**
So, which is it? Are the teens drinking more and apocalypsing*** in the streets? Or are they actually better behaved than at any other time in history?
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Example: it's perfectly legal for me to give my step daughter a glass of wine with a meal (if I did, it'd be with a mixer, and I've never done it). But if I said I intended to do so in the earshot of shop staff while they were selling it, they'd be obliged to stop me buying.
To answer Andrew's Q, mostly better behaved, but those that aren't behave worse than the journalists and similar can remmber them and their friends behaving when they were kids. Some individuals might be worse, but overall behaviour is mostly better.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10714262
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According to NHS Scotland it has remained pretty much static since 2005 (pdf).
According to the ONS is is falling slightly (pdf).
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*** Caribbean zombies have a beach party.
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(She doesn't actually say it's young people associated with criminality, only that alcohol abuse is a health issue for young peopl, which is perfectly true.)
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