Just got home from an all night drinking session (well a night in a wet area with the other street drinkers anyway) to hear on the news that Alcohol is going to be targeted to stop bogoffs and cheap booze. I am in two minds over this, a minimum price will mean that cheep drink will go up but who gets the extra revenue, the government? or the supermarket / drinks company? and like smokers, people will cut back in other areas to get their alcohol fix rather then cut back / give it up. It is good to tackle the irresponsible drinkers but the argument that alcohol causes 100,000 hospital incidents a year and making it more expensive in supermarkets / shops will cut this number isn't strictly true, granted that some incidents happen at home, but the vast majority happen when people are out drinking (ask any A&E department) so will it make that much of a difference ? It also smacks of Nanny State (and gawd bless her Nanny liked her drink) Oh Heck, have I just posted my first serious point ? I need a drink to get over this now :)-D