• Scottish minimum alcohol pricing to be passed! Yay...
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[QUOTE=gt118;36076241]Im a scottish 16 year old and I'm ok with this.[/QUOTE] i'm a scottish 16 year old and i'm not. come the fuck at me bro
getting people to stop drinking so much should be a social and not an economic thing. If they let 16+ drink beer legally while keeping spirits to 18+ like they do in other countries it might help, it's a hell of a lot harder to get alcohol poisoning from beer than it is with vodka or something.
My parents used to buy my alcohol when I was younger, after the initial binge drinking and the vomiting, it quickly grew old and I just had a beer or two whenever I went to a party.
Im Scottish and 16, and this certainly wont stop me getting drink, its its not going to stop those who are addicted either, people will just pay more. Its annoying for all the people who drink right accross the board.
[QUOTE=SeamanStains;36077588]I hope Carlisle prepares an extra aisle of booze for us in their supermarkets, because that's my new favourite town just over the border to go shopping.[/QUOTE] Oh great. I live in Carlisle, and I quite liked it when it wasn't filled with scottish drunks... :v:
The funny thing is, most people use Buckfast as the cheap alternative for alcohol, and they aren't changing the price of that at all.
Eh, I don't drink much anyway. I hope the price of whisky doesn't skyrocket though.
[QUOTE=gt118;36076241]Im a scottish 16 year old and I'm ok with this.[/QUOTE] According to the general consensus of Facepunch, apparently you're not.
they should try making scotland less of a hole of depression first
You'd think the SNP would wait until [i]after[/i] the referendum before doing stuff like this.
[QUOTE=gt118;36076241]Im a scottish 16 year old and I'm ok with this.[/QUOTE] And I'm a Scottish 20 year old, watch as this accomplishes dick all.
Wouldn't that create unfair competition? Cider is much stronger than lager by nature. I thought this wouldn't pass due to EU law. Secondly, £120 extra a year isn't exactly much to people who drink heavily. I used to work with people who spent their wages on drink over a couple of weeks. Short term drinking is much more damaging than anything. Thirdly, none of this money will go to the NHS. As usual. I'd be much more supporting of any bill like this if the additional cost went directly to the NHS budget. It won't, and that really pisses me off. Especially when ministers drink [I][B]subsidized alcohol in their clubs.[/B][/I]
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