http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/18/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:54:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/18/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks/#comment-7244 steve martin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-7244 re;A consequence of prohibition. The idea that merely making something illegal will solve a problem is naive to say the least. If only it were so easy, there would very few traffic accidents etc. If there is indeed a problem with teenage boozing the point of attack should be the suppliers.If you are only fifteen or so,and drunk someone has supplied the alcohol and although difficult every effort should be made to bring the supplier to book, be it an older mate or the local pub, and the penalties should be heavy indeed. re;A consequence of prohibition.
The idea that merely making something illegal will solve a problem is naive to say the least. If only it were so easy, there would very few traffic accidents etc.
If there is indeed a problem with teenage boozing the point of attack should be the suppliers.If you are only fifteen or so,and drunk someone has supplied the alcohol and although difficult every effort should be made to bring the supplier to book, be it an older mate or the local pub, and the penalties should be heavy indeed.

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