Liquor Licensing - The Way DOWNWARD!

The United Kingdom is anecdotally known as the ‘binge drinking capital of Europe' - and binge drinking is on the increase throughout my own country, Northern Ireland.

Addiction experts are warning that:

• "We are almost breeding young people to drink heavily from the word go";

• “There is also an increase in the amount of girls and young women who binge drink. The figures show that 29 percent of 15-16 year-old girls admit to routinely drinking five or more drinks in a single session, compared to 26 percent of boys';

• “It may take a generation before we can successfully change the psyche, to readjust people's thinking to appreciate that alcohol is not to be gorged: it's not for bingeing';

• “Irresponsible pub promotions should be banned and the government's plan to liberalise licensing hours is extremely ill-advised.”

So ... what does our Government advance as the solution to this already chronic problem?

It proposes A FURTHER LIBERALISATION OF OUR LICENSING LAWS!!

Its consultation paper - 'Liquor Licensing - The Way Forward' - reveals its plans to:

• Extend the opening hours for pubs and off-licences;

• Relax the restrictions on children in pubs;

• Abolish the limit on the number of pubs and off-licences.

Its policy reads like 'a suicide charter'!

This audio spells out the consequences for a country awash with alcohol, and outlines the Bible's teaching on alcoholism.