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Glasgow initiative against problem drinking launched
12/07/2011
Glasgow initiative against problem drinking launched. Glasgow City Council is working with partner agencies to set up an action group on underage drinking, binge drinking and noise nuisance. Glasgow City Council, Strathclyde Police, Glasgow Licensing Board, Glasgow Housing Association, Glasgow Community and Safety Services, and the Procurator Fiscal Service are coming together to deal with the drunken anti-social behaviour that blights communities across the city.
The action group will establish teams focusing on four areas:
• underage drinkers
• binge drinkers
• problem drinkers
• anti-social behaviour/noise nuisance
• underage drinkers
• binge drinkers
• problem drinkers
• anti-social behaviour/noise nuisance
These multi-agency teams will report back to the executive group by the end of August with detailed proposals on how to deliver practical results. It is clear that the prevalence and affordability of alcohol, coupled with the issues surrounding its misuse, have placed significant demands on police resources and those of other public sector bodies.
There is also clear evidence that this prevalence and availability has encouraged a shift towards people consuming large quantities of alcohol within a domestic setting. The impact this has on families and communities is stark. In almost half the cases of domestic abuse (46%) dealt with by the authorities at least one party was under the influence of alcohol. In addition, at present nearly 10,000 children in Glasgow are adversely affected by their parents’ alcohol abuse making them some of the most vulnerable in our society.