"Binge drinking is an emerging phenomenon"
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"A cork in teenage tippling; France mulls ban on alcohol sales to those under 18" by Elaine Ganley, Associated Press | March 22, 2009
PARIS - .... In a double-whammy, legislators voted to ban the sale of tobacco for those under 18, the latest step in a progressive crackdown on smoking. The new measures came three days after Assembly lawmakers voted to ban all-you-can-drink events in open bars popular with young people - while exempting wine tastings so important to the wine industry....
Yeah, it is OKAY for RICH ELITERS to get SOUSED!!!
French teenagers who suddenly find themselves underage may grow jealous of neighboring countries such as Germany or Italy where the legal drinking age is still 16 for beer, wine, or liquor. Europeans overall take a more liberal view of alcohol than the United States, where the legal drinking age is 21. In most western European countries, it ranges from 16 to 18.
And a lot of other things.
Now, specialists contend that this benign approach is leading French youth down a crooked path. Binge drinking is an emerging phenomenon, mimicking northern European countries....
The emerging picture differs drastically from the image of France as a nation of relatively sophisticated drinkers for whom alcohol is part and parcel of the "joie de vivre," the notion of living well that in the public imagination the French do best.
Hiccup, 'eh, Frenchie?
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Update: This is getting VERY UNFUNNY, folks!! I've EXPOUNDED TIME and AGAIN: if you assholes are going to PROHIBIT POT of all things, then SHUT DOWN the BOOZE!!!!!!
I know, I know, in principle I want the government out of the vice-and-tax and business, and that still stands; however, WTF is going on? Is this just an EXERCISE in CONTROL over the CHILDREN with an AGENDA-PUSH? I mean, that Mun thing, there is a dearth of silence on that, yet every day we are treated to these types of stories now.
I HAVE the SOLUTION: TOTAL PROHIBITION!!!!! I'm a PRINCIPLED TEE-TOTALER, folks, because THE STATE is NOT RESPECTING the VOTERS' WILL regarding the weed in this state, folks (not that I care).
GENESEO, N.Y. - Three members of a banned fraternity were charged with criminally negligent homicide yesterday for organizing a wild night of drinking that left a college sophomore dead of alcohol poisoning.
Arman Partamian, 19, a biology major from Queens, was found lying face-down on a mattress March 1 at a house run by an off-campus club known as the Orange Knights, or Pigs. Police said he had been drinking heavily for three days to gain membership in the club, located near the State University of New York at Geneseo in western New York.
I can only think that the KID HAD PARENTS SOMEWHERE!!!
Aaaaaaaaahhhh!!!
Toxicology tests showed Partamian had a blood-alcohol level as high as 0.55 percent, nearly seven times the legal limit for driving.
That is UNFATHOMABLE!
Fellow students Alex Stucki, 20, and Daniel Wech, 21, were charged along with Devin McClain, 21, with hazing, unlawfully dealing with a child, and criminally negligent homicide - a felony that carries a sentence of up to four years in prison.
They encouraged and directed Partamian to drink to such excess that he died as a direct result of alcohol poisoning, Livingston County prosecutor Thomas Moran said. "We've learned that many of the off-campus fraternities have been operating illegal drinking venues," Moran said.
"They call them 'open parties.' The students come, show their student ID, pay $5, and get a cup and then drink without limitation. I'm going to do everything I can to stop every one of those parties."
The three pleaded not guilty at an arraignment yesterday after being indicted by a grand jury. They were all released without bail. McClain lives in nearby Mount Morris and Wech is from Buffalo. Stucki, of Rochester, also was charged with tampering with physical evidence.
He is accused of removing and hiding a fraternity jersey from Partamian's body. He found him dead in an upstairs bedroom the morning after a Saturday drinking session that lasted for almost 12 hours, authorities said.
Forget under the table, they drank the kid into the grave.
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Gees, I DOUBT the FRENCH are doing THAT!!!!!
So WHAT UP with the ANTI-FRENCH PROP PIECE, Zionist MSM?
