by Dick Puddlecote
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Legislation: A Magic Wand, Apparently It’s been a very busy weekend in Puddlecoteville, but Mrs P and I did manage to find a little time for a restorative fry up at the local greasy spoon this morning. On our table was a well-thumbed gratis copy of the Sunday Sun containing an article not carried anywhere else as far as I can see (£). Perhaps because it was quite bizarre.
Boozy kids age 17 need liver swaps warns prof
CHILDREN are boozing so much some need a new liver by 17, a surgeon has warned.
Prof Rajiv Jalan said: “These youngsters are drinking from the ages of 12, 13 and 14.
“They’re consuming, say, half a bottle of vodka a night and by 17 or 18 they have end-stage cirrhosis.”
And his solution to this?
He has now called on the legal drinking age to be raised to 21.
Err, so a legal drinking age of 18 doesn’t stop some kids (a vanishingly small minority, I’d wager) of 12, 13, 14 or 17 year olds drinking, but a legal drinking age of 21 will? Do these health lobbyists really believe the stroke of a legislative pen is a magic wand?
More to the point, what is it in the mentality of public health professionals – and think plain packaging/e-cigs here – which makes them completely blind to the simple fact that kids have always been lured by anything finger-wagging adults say is forbidden?
Good grief.
