Alcohol proposals are not about blame or punishment. New measures to reduce alcohol use are a watershed in public health policy.
The Government’s announcement this week of new measures to reduce alcohol consumption is a watershed.
The health and social impacts of our patterns of alcohol use have been well documented. Numerous reports have been commissioned, medical research papers written and there has been regular reporting of terrible human suffering .
Problem alcohol use has been linked to liver failure, road deaths, family violence, suicide, homicide and very risky behaviour among our teenagers and young adults. Our hospitals’ emergency departments are struggling to cope with the added impact of drink-related problems.
Our social norms around alcohol are damaging us. One in 10 Irish drinkers is dependent on alcohol and over half of us drink at levels that are harmful or hazardous to our health and wellbeing.
Source: Irish Times, 07/02/2015
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