http://cannazine.co.uk : New Years eve was a record breaking year so far as the front line troops in primary health care are concerned.
In Scotland England and Wales you couldn't get a seat at your favourite accident and emergency room, as ambulances ticked back and for with the monotony of a rowdy metronome, ferrying the casualties from the pubs and clubs of the UK, into A&E cubicles to have their lives saved.
On a night which traditionally see's taxi's in short supply,
CCTV - another drunken brawl kicks off in the North East of England
it was actually ambulances which were thin on the ground this year.
Knifings, glassings, fighting and other needless violence welcomed another new year in an alcohol fuelled rage. A typically British scenario it has to be said.
For 2008 all we have to look forward to is more of the same, as PM Gordon Brown once more bows to pressure from the alcohol industry.
When he first became PM, one of the first comments he made to the house, was the promise to "reassess" the impact 24 hour drinking has on society. A move which was welcomed.
Yesterday we hear he has decided not to change the licensing laws, claiming to be satisfied they are doing they were planned to achieve and more.
But with TV shows going to air every night of the week, showing the constant battle the police have with drunken yobs, isnt it about time this issue was tackled once and for all?
24 hour access to alcohol suggests the Great British public are responsible enough to control their own drinking.
But news reports would suggest thats simply not the case and its about time the government told us what they intend to do about it. And if they have no new ideas on how to stop people attempting to kill each other every night of the week, perhaps its time someone who has some new ideas took over?
The situation as is, simply isn't good enough and shows a blatant disregard for public health, in the name of filling the already swollen Exchequer coffers with tax pounds. But they are all spent, and then some, as the Police cancel holiday leave and once again struggle to pick up the pieces dropped by a dysfunctional, alcohol sodden society.
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