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''Booze buses and treatment tents..." A good solution to a big problem??
posted at 11/1/2013 9:09 PM GMT
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First: 23/12/2011 Last: 3/5/2013 |
The Stdent BMJ published an article recently entitled ''Booze buses and treatment tents...' It detailed the great projects being carried out across the world to deal with the increasing number of young people getting drunk every night. Have a look at the article yourself but there are projects here in the UK, australia etc. that all aim to give support to people who find themselves in quite a state after a night out. There is a lot of sense behind this idea. Not only does it help deal with the alcohol incidents out in the community but it also can help take the pressure off hospital and A and E departments that are always chock-a-block. But what do you think about the current situation of alcohol in young people. Do you think that it is better to treat people in the on the street treatment sites? On the wider subject of alcohol? DO you think we are dealing with the problem through population interventions? What do you think is the way forward (there has been a lot of coverage about minimum alcohol pricing- what do you think about that)? Thanks http://student.bmj.com/student/view-article.html?id=sbmj.e7987&ga=w_ga_mpopular?ga=w_ga_mpopular |
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Re: ''Booze buses and treatment tents..." An excellent solution to a big problem
posted at 12/1/2013 7:36 AM GMT
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Treatment tents are like throwing an ice cube into a forest fire... it´s much easier to kill yourself with booze than by biting your tongue! Here, there has been massive campaign for about 2 years, especially in cinemas and other places where young people meet ( "Alkohol - macht mehr kaputt als du denkst" = alcohol - destroys more than you can think of). It stars young girls getting drunk and later being filmed and the pictures put online and stuff like that. It is in fact a clever campaign, showing young people , not only girls of course, in very humiliating situations. They say it has already shown some success, hospital admissions for intoxications are dropping. Also, there is an attempt to ban alcohl from some public places ( like trains and public sqares) , not really a success so far. People especially love to have a drink ( or 10) outside in the summer. |
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Re: ''Booze buses and treatment tents..." An excellent solution to a big problem
posted at 12/1/2013 12:53 PM GMT
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It seems to me that we have really come to something that booze buses and the like are having to be financed and provided for irresponsible morons who have not had a good night out unless they are paralytic and been in a fight. If such facilities are being laid on then any individual who uses the resource must face a compulsory financial contribution. There is always this safety net that drunken morons are provided with - they can drink until they are in a stupor and then abrogate responsibility for their behaviour to Doctors and Nurses who will ensure they come to no harm week after week. They can also be obnoxious and indiscriminate about where they project their vomit. I have no time at all for such wastrels. Furthermore in my view the fixed price of a volume of alcohol will have minimal effect. An alcoholic for example is not going to reduce their alcohol intake - they will simply cut back on something else, like the amount of food they buy. |
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Re: ''Booze buses and treatment tents..." An excellent solution to a big problem
posted at 12/1/2013 1:24 PM GMT
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The Fourth Emergency Service - the Booze Buses! But if we have a social problem like crime, fires and traumatic accidents, maybe we do need a sister service to the Police, Fire Brigade and Ambulances. While all those use Blues and Twos, what should an Emergency Booze Bus have flashing on its roof and sounding on its horns when responding to an urgent call? Plant vehicles on the road use yellow lights, and doctors may use a green one, so chartreuse and absinthe are out. Brown for beer, just won't work. Orange, for the juice they will need for their hangover, or Ultraviolet for the headache? Few booze-bingers do it on wine, so red and white? Jhn |
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Re: ''Booze buses and treatment tents..." A good solution to a big problem??
posted at 13/1/2013 8:20 PM GMT
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haha I love the suggestions JohnD. I agree there is a danger of these buses being used as an excuse to getting drunk yet I do think they are a positive step. |
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Re: ''Booze buses and treatment tents..." An excellent solution to a big problem
posted at 29/1/2013 1:52 PM GMT
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In Response to Re: ''Booze buses and treatment tents..." An excellent solution to a big problem: The Fourth Emergency Service - the Booze Buses! But if we have a social problem like crime, fires and traumatic accidents, maybe we do need a sister service to the Police, Fire Brigade and Ambulances. While all those use Blues and Twos, what should an Emergency Booze Bus have flashing on its roof and sounding on its horns when responding to an urgent call? Plant vehicles on the road use yellow lights, and doctors may use a green one, so chartreuse and absinthe are out. Brown for beer, just won't work. Orange, for the juice they will need for their hangover, or Ultraviolet for the headache? Few booze-bingers do it on wine, so red and white? Jhn Posted by John D My suggestion for the booze bus: A bottle or NEWCASTLE Brown Ale rotating on the roof and the equivalent of a siren could be a recording on a loop "Havent you lot got homes to go to, drink up please". The colour of the bus should be a jaundiced stemetil yellow. The booze bus should be called 'The Vomit express'.
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