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Alcohol Reform
Bill Bingo!
Nanny state.This is
complexproblem.
Young peopleare the
problem.
Slipperyslope.
Unfair toresponsible
drinkers.
Need more
policehotspots.
Alcohol is nottobacco.
A small
number whoare ruining it.
You can t
legislatebehaviour.
We want to
be part of thesolution.
Advertisingdoesn t mean
people willuse it.
Its aboutdrinking
responsibly
Shift to harderstuff
Personalresponsibility.
Education Isthe answer.
Governmentshouldn t tellus how to
drink.
Punishinghard working
consumer
Economicvalue.
Products arebeing unfairlyscapegoats.
This defiescommonsense.
Voluntaryregulation is
what sneeded.
Parentalresponsibility.
The statusquo is fine.
We re doingresearch on
this.
The fun policeare at it again.
Play this fun new game from the New Zealand Drug Foundation as
the NewZealand Parliament passes the Alcohol Reform Bill. Every
time you hearsomeone refer to the bill with one of the above clichd
phrases defendingthe liquor industry cross off that square. First
person to come into the DrugFoundation office (with sources) and
yell BINGO! wins a prize.
www.drugfoundation .org.nz/alcohol-reform
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Alcohol Reform Bill Bingo factsYoung people are the problemThat
depends on what you think the
problem is. Young people tend to bingedrink but older people
tend to drink more,regularly. Both drinking styles areproblematic,
with the latter actually costingthe health service more."
nzdrug.org /youthnottheproblem
It s a small number who areruining it Since when is 785,000 a
small number?Thats how many uninhibited bingedrinkers there are in
New Zealand. Afurther 622,000 people are constrainedbinge drinkers.
Together thats 1.3 millionpeople, about a third of all drinkers in
NewZealand who are not drinking responsibly.
nzdrug.org /smallnumber
Alcohol is not tobacco. Both are big killers: tobacco kills
5000people a year, alcohol contributes toanother 1000 deaths. Like
tobacco, alcoholis an addictive drug that causes harm in
ourcommunities. Unlike tobacco it causespeople to become violent
and. So, sure,theyre not the same, but that doesnt meanwe should
disregard the harm caused byalcohol.
nzdrug.org /secondbiggest
Responsible drinkers? About a third of New Zealanders have
at
least one heavy drinker in their lives, and aquarter of New
Zealanders live in the samehouse as a heavy drinker. It is
estimatedthat for every person with an alcoholproblem an average of
three others are alsoaffected. So the ripple effects are huge.
nzdrug.org /responsibledrinkers
The status quo is fine.
The status quo means 1000 deaths due toalcohol every year. It
means 785,000 bingedrinkers. It means $72,000,000 in costs
forPolice, Corrections and health expenditure.It means $4.8 billion
in costs to thetaxpayer. The status quo means moreharm.
nzdrug.org /alcoholreform
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