law
14 Jun 2018

Booze laws ineffective

From The Panel, 4:15 pm on 14 June 2018

Alcohol abuse costs the country billions of dollars a year: accidents, crime, addiction, not to mention all the doctors and nurses in our emergency departments abused and assaulted by drunks. There was the Massey University research out earlier this week which reckons the only effect of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 has been a reduction in alcohol availability after 4am in our bigger cities.