Sometimes you just shake you head in wonder at the complete pointlessness of some research… There is a prime example in the Herald today which declares Heavy drinking can cut risk of heart disease, says study. Drinking a bottle of wine a day, or half a dozen beers, cuts the risk of heart disease by [...]
Apparently there has been a recent surge in benefit payments to support alcoholics and drug users who say they cannot work. This is an almost perfect example of the taxpayer absorbing the consequences of destructive behavior. While this may seem a compassionate thing to do superficially, it actually seriously reinforces their addiction, removing the worst [...]
The government is revisiting the drinking age as part of a package looking at underage drinking. In 1999, when the drinking age was lowered, I sent a letter on behalf of the Emergency specialist and non-specialist doctors at that year’s Emergency Medicine conference, representing most of New Zealand’s contingent of ED doctors. In it, we [...]
