Doctors call for stricter alcohol laws

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015

New Zealand’s top medical body had called for a clampdown on our rampant boozing, including banning advertising, raising the drinking age, and increasing taxes.

In a “briefing” published last week, the New Zealand Medical Association says the Government needs to intervene more heavily in the liquor industry for the nation’s collective health.

“We consider it vital to ensure that policies to reduce alcohol related harm are based on the best available evidence, not on ideology or on the basis of lobbying by vested commercial interests.” Continue reading

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