Jul 14 2008
Campaign to curb drinking violence
July, 14
A fresh campaign is all set to be launched to crackdown the increasing alcohol-fuelled violence in Scotland. It was quite evident how underage-drinking and binge drinking has been on a rise in Scotland and has taken shape of a major issue these days. This campaign will help to reduce the anti-social behaviour among youths and will also try to curb the under-age drinking.
It is been found that drinking mainly surges during school holidays and that brings in more tensions in the form of alcohol-fuelled violence. The campaign will focus on to reduce the increasing street drinking culture and will deal with this serious issue using byelaws. Apart from this a two-week drink/drug driving campaign will also be started which will focus on men aged from 17-29. Police patrols will also be tightened and more frequent to combat any such drinking driving incidents.
The check on the drinking driving will help to curb the growing numbers of accidents in which many innocent lives are lost daily. The campaign will convince such drivers that the conviction in these cases can ruin their lives by affecting their future prospects and professional life.
To make sure that the under-age drinking problem is dealt properly, it is necessary that the parents take some interest to known what’s happening in their wards life. The parents should keep an eye on their children’s and should prevent them from falling into the trap of this drinking culture. Now time will tell how this campaign gets on and helps to crackdown this rising incidents of alcohol-fuelled violence and under-age drinking.
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