Alcohol plan has missed 'all the easy targets' on tackling

Charity Addaction has attacked the government's youth alcohol action plan for possibly criminalising young people and "missing all the easy targets" on tackling underage drinking.

The action plan, published yesterday, promised a crackdown on public drinking by young people, including sanctions for their parents, and guidance for parents on sensible drinking by young people in the home.

Enforcement

The plan called for escalating sanctions for young people caught drinking in public starting with acceptable behaviour contracts – in which parents and their children attend a session with a trained worker – to antisocial behaviour orders.


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