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Binge drinking in the UK..
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Well on the UK mainland anyway ..you guys are lucky to have these privledges,
In N.Ireland we dont ever see any "2 for the price of 1" or "drink all you can for 15 quid" (dont have pound sign) 2.30 for a pint on average around here anywhere
In N.Ireland we dont ever see any "2 for the price of 1" or "drink all you can for 15 quid" (dont have pound sign) 2.30 for a pint on average around here anywhere
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What about in southern Ireland? Im going to dundalk in March for the first time ( my dads family live there ) are drinks going to be really expensive?
As I could be known as a bit of a binge drinker my self!!!
do you still ahve the binge drinking puking fighting broken Aand E NIGHTS?
deep thought and conversations of meaningless depth ...it is far more intelectual than alcohol in its effect.
it's not thast people are to stoned to want to fight ...more they find no reason to do so.
hey ...they even know their names and addresses!
fuck off conal, a bottle of buckoie is £5, thats all ya need, i know wat u mean though, fuck i'm pissed
Surely you meant?
At any rate, drinking in moderation has been shown to improve your general health.
How many people really drink in moderation then? I think you'll find that alcohol's negative effects on society far out weigh it's positive effects.
There are over 30,000 alcohol related deaths evey year, but that's ok because it's easilly taxable and most people drink it - and most don't consider it a dangerous drug. Certainly not as bad as those illegal drugs.
I was talking about illegal drugs not smoking.
The same could easilly be said about many drugs, namely cannabis.
Some positive effects when drunk in moderation - but most people don't drink in moderation.
Perhaps the BBC should report on the shite quality 'hash' (cut with glue, tranquilisers, boot polish and horse shit) millions of people are being forced to smoke because of prohibition.
That story is irrelevent anyway, people smoke weed whether its illegal or not. Look at Holland - the Dutch smoke less dope than the UK or the USA per % of population.
No point in another drugs debate anyway...it's a one-way street.
and alcohol is fine and dandy yea? all drugs, even most prescribed drugs have negative side effects, those lines of arguments are futile in all honesty.
Most medical experts agree that smoking cannabis in itself does not cause mental illness, but that people who are predisposed to psychosis are much more likely to develop symptoms if they use the drug regularly.
"We have known for years that using cannabis makes the symptoms of schizophrenia far worse in people who already have the illness."
Fiend, you really don't have a clue, alcohol is one of the worst drugs of all but it's not a 'drug', it's only drink and it's legal and everyone loves it. Ah fuck off all you little anti dope smoking people...come on you can't see how the sides of alcohol are bad? worse than illegal drugs?yes they are...oh people steal for their illegal drug habits..is that going to be your main line of argument? people steal for alcohol too you know.
Maybe i'm talking a load of codshit there but my heads a bit mashed, haven't sleep properly since thursday night, i'm off to my bed.
what do ya want a blue peter badge or something, i know what ya mean though
No not one, I WANT THEM ALL!
aye go ta bed r fella will ya!
Personally I'd just like to see all 'happy hours' and other promo's banned.
And more than anything we need to enforce the laws we have.
It is illegal for a publican to serve someone who is visibly intoxicated, if that was enforced more we wouldnt have the problems.
I think they should spend 3 nights in the cells as opposed to 1, with a fine at the end of it. It'll make em think twice.
And who would pay for these cells, and where would they be?
The prisons are already working at about 10% over capacity.
How would it make them think twice? people aren't thinking straight whenever they'r drunk and being in a policecell for a few nights isn't going to stop someone going out and getting drunk again and whenever they'r drunk again they'r hardly going to think " oh wait, i was in a police cell last weekend for a few nights, i can't hit that w a nker over there for feeling my girlfriend up", it dosen't work like that whowhere.
People are still going to go out, get clean full, start fights, wreck the place and then go home again.
All this talking of binge drinking and all that really does my loaf in, it's a pointless argument that gets nowhere every single time it's discussed.
Sure i read in the paper the other day that 80% of pubs are not going to apply for the 24 hour licence. Shame really.
I suspect quite a few pubs will close at midnight rather than 11 and some clubs will close later.
Though most of the clubs in the south dont close till 6 or 7am now.
people woiuld be wandering from illegal bar to illegal bar till around 6am.
but the attitude of most people those days was live and let live ...love joy peace.