'I'm no wowser,' says cardinal. 'But Australians drink too much' [CH-UK]

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Australia’s most senior churchman has spoken out against the dangers of binge drinking as the country’s alcohol-related hospital admissions soar.

Cardinal George Pell, in his weekly column in the Australian Daily Telegraph, said alcohol abuse had devastating consequences and that Australia was “long overdue for a correction”. He implied that banning alcohol advertising might be a good thing.

According to the cardinal hospital admissions for alcohol-related reasons in Australia had increased by 130 per cent for 18 to 24-year-olds and 200 per cent for women in the last nine years. He said 40,000 people are admitted to hospital annually with injuries and illnesses related to alcohol. Britain faces similar problems. In England there are over 400,000 annual alcohol-related hospital admissions.

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yep aussies like parties and drinking. if you ask somebody how there weekend was most would say "good i went to a part or bar or clb or birthday. and next question would be did you get drunk. not in those words but most often this is what happens. In australia this year has been a very violent year with alot of fights, bashings, stabbings, killings and so on due to most people going out to have a good time staying out all night long and doing nothing but drink. every morning before i go to work i listen for 5 min to the morning news on the radio and there is always some like this that happend on a nightly basis.

NO BODY WANTS TO KEEP THE PEACE ANYMORE
 
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