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Scotland becomes first country to enforce a minimum alcohol price
CNN ^
| May 1, 2018
| Meera Senthilingam
Posted on 05/01/2018 11:21:40 AM PDT by C19fan
Alcohol in Scotland just became more expensive as the country today introduced a minimum price per unit of alcohol.
It is the first country in the world to implement such a law, with the Scottish government believing its introduction will save lives. The new legislation sets a 50 pence (approximately 70 cents) minimum price per unit of alcohol. Anyone licensed to serve alcohol in the country -- in shops as well as bars and restaurants -- will need to follow the new pricing laws.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alcohol; scotland; wod
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There is going to a healthy black market trade of booze from England into Scotland.
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:21:40 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
According to the Scottish gov’t drinking one glass of wine a day for 7 days is considered “excessive”.
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:23:31 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Can’t defeat supply and demand.
To: C19fan
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:30:43 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: C19fan
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:32:37 AM PDT
by
robroys woman
(So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
To: C19fan
According to the Scottish govt drinking one glass of wine a day for 7 days is considered excessive.
I consider it healthy. I’m not a fan of wine, but quite literally drink it for medicinal purposes. Maybe that’s why my wife and I are 64, have no health insurance, and don’t need it.
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:33:53 AM PDT
by
robroys woman
(So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
To: robroys woman
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:36:36 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: C19fan
The new legislation sets a 50 pence (approximately 70 cents) minimum price per unit of alcohol.What in blazes is a unit of alcohol?
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:38:51 AM PDT
by
glock rocks
(... so much win!)
To: C19fan
Once again, CNN publishes something not true as a news item. France used to enforce minimum pricing on various alcoholic beverages to protect the wine industry. I suspect that they still do.
CNN can't get things straight, even where their depraved ideology is not in danger.
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:44:49 AM PDT
by
Ohioan
To: C19fan
The opposition has organized.
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:47:20 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(YETI deathwatch, tick, tick, tick......)
To: C19fan
They’re taxing whisky in Scotland. It’s been tried before. I wonder if anyone has really thought this scheme through?
To: glock rocks
If the unit is a pint, I have no problem with that.
If the unit is a milliliter ... big problem!
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:49:14 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: C19fan
Home brew kits will boom.
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:51:31 AM PDT
by
ptsal
( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
To: glock rocks
A pint of beer is two units.
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:51:51 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: tet68
Yeah, I bet they don’t have a lot of corn there. :)
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:52:36 AM PDT
by
robroys woman
(So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
To: wally_bert
Paging Mr. Capone.And El Chapo.
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posted on
05/01/2018 11:59:55 AM PDT
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: C19fan
Typical lie that the price is meant to “save lives.” It’s a tax, and, like all taxes, it’s meant to further enrich the state, with little regard for the people it’s supposed to represent. One would think the genius who proposed the tax has spent time in Sacramento, CA.
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posted on
05/01/2018 12:06:41 PM PDT
by
DPMD
To: C19fan
My beloved Scotland needs a good dose of Braveheart these days. FREEDOM!
To: Haiku Guy
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posted on
05/01/2018 12:22:45 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(... so much win!)
To: C19fan
They’ll be rioting in the streets.
Headline:
“Yesterday Hooligans tipped over dustbins in Shaftesbury”
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