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Sunday, June 3, 2007

Opinion: Ross Fitzgerald: Alcohol abuse is destroying youth, so let's de-glamorise it

June 04, 2007

We need the zeal shown by the anti-smoking lobby to tackle the problem of unhealthy drinking

AS a nation we have never been more health conscious, yet we seem to be ignoring all the warnings about alcohol abuse.

Alcohol, our most widely used drug, is still ravaging the young, destroying indigenous communities, damaging the mentally ill and destroying lives, unabated. Perhaps some of the same zeal that has been applied to the anti-smoking cause could be enlisted in a concerted fight against alcohol abuse and misuse.

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