http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/2008/on-their-conscience/ a blog about alcohol.org.nz Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:19:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/2008/on-their-conscience/#comment-84 Isa Timai Wed, 14 May 2008 00:21:37 +0000 http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/?p=30#comment-84 I think that no matter what the legal age is to purchase alcohol is, youth will still be able to get hold of alcohol somehow. Being a youth myself, I have witnessed youth asking their family members to purchase alcohol for them, and their family members willingly agree. Taking the age up to 20 will make youth devise different ways of obtaining alcohol, some of these ways may be to committ other crimes like theft and assult. I think that no matter what the legal age is to purchase alcohol is, youth will still be able to get hold of alcohol somehow. Being a youth myself, I have witnessed youth asking their family members to purchase alcohol for them, and their family members willingly agree.
Taking the age up to 20 will make youth devise different ways of obtaining alcohol, some of these ways may be to committ other crimes like theft and assult.

]]> http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/2008/on-their-conscience/#comment-77 Viola Palmer for GALA Mon, 05 May 2008 03:15:39 +0000 http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/?p=30#comment-77 Conscience voting dates back to the time when drinking alcohol was considered a moral issue. Today most people regard it as a health issue. In the 1800s and early 1900s there was very little research on the social and economic effects on the community, and the social and health effects on the individual of drinking. Today there is masses of research evidence on the public health, individual health and social effects of alcohol. Some MPs may not be aware of this and are thus easily picked off by the liquor industry and persuaded to vote according to 'their conscience'. Political parties have the resources to benefit from this knowledge and to develop alcohol policies which will provide the best results for both the individual and the community. It is time conscience voting on alcohol legislation was done away with , as it has been for many other issues. Conscience voting dates back to the time when drinking alcohol was considered a moral issue. Today most people regard it as a health issue.
In the 1800s and early 1900s there was very little research on the social and economic effects on the community, and the social and health effects on the individual of drinking.
Today there is masses of research evidence on the public health, individual health and social effects of alcohol. Some MPs may not be aware of this and are thus easily picked off by the liquor industry and persuaded to vote according to ‘their conscience’.
Political parties have the resources to benefit from this knowledge and to develop alcohol policies which will provide the best results for both the individual and the community.
It is time conscience voting on alcohol legislation was done away with , as it has been for many other issues.

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