Wednesday, 11 February 2009

What can the government do?

More and more people are starting to drink alcohol nowadays, even though the teenagers who are under 18. Some may think that alcohol will help you to relax, but another side, it’s harmful.

I think the government should do something that helps to reduce people who drink too much. Because once you get drunk, you will do many things that will harm yourself, the one besides you and also the things around you.

I think the government should do something because after some people were drunk, they will destroy the things on the street, for example they will throw the rubbish bin, kick the door of the shop, throw stones into some shops and also they will make a lot of noise and also rubbish, it really affect. If the government just let it happening again and again, the number of things and people who affect will just keep on increase, and they also need to pay more and more money to replace those things.

Drinking too much alcohol is really harmful to our health; for example, lung cancer. So I think people really need to stop drinking too much alcohol.

Government may do something to help,

1) advertisement

Government can have some advertisement to let people know how alcohol would affect, and the dangerous things may happen when you get drunk .

2) Legislation

It may have some strict rules that control people for drinking or buying alcohol, for example, only after 21, that may stop teenagers start drinking.

3)Increase tax

Probably, if the government increase tax on alcohol, people will still buy it, but if the government increase tax on alcohol but at the same time decrease tax on some other substitutes, it may work.
4) Have some substitutes

for example some juice but add a bit alcohol inside it, or maybe some soft drink that taste like it.

I think these are the ways that can let people to drink less, but the main point I think is that people behave themselves, don’t drink too much or even start drinking when they are young.

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