Reforming liquor laws to combat crime
From:
Andrew Groom
Date:
May 12 20:54 UTC
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On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 22:00 +1200, Brendon Burns wrote:
> Sarah, a 15 year old girl from Halswell lay sprawled on the pavement in
> Colombo St last Saturday night. Traces of her vomit marked the
> pavement.
>
> The police officer I was with managed to get her name and details
> before she lapsed into oblivion. He rang her parents. Neither was able
> to drive and collect their daughter. I hailed a taxi and police put
> her into it. Sarah’s six mates were asked who was going to accompany
> her home. None would agree to go.
Hi Brendon,
Yes, that's fairly shocking, but it sounds to me like the problem in
this case (and possibly many others ?) goes deeper than just the ready
availability of alcohol.
For a start, neither parent was able to come and collect their 15 year
old daughter ? What the **** is up with that ??? Can anyone on this
forum think of an reasonable explanation for that ? Brendon, what was
the actual reason ?
And none of her "friends" were willing to help her home ?
Am I alone here in thinking that alcohol abuse and the ready
availability of it are the least of Sarah's problems ?