Some more shots from yesterday, wont be long [we hope] and things will be greener looking.
CBC radio is breaking the news that two communities in Nunatsiavut will have restrictions imposed on them by the Nunatsiavut Government.
There will be a limit on how many bottles of liquor an individual can purchase and be shipped to you by the Liquor Cooperation store.
The intent is to restrict bootlegging.
Stay tuned on that.
Up date on the booze thingy:
CBC’s Paul Pigot did not hold much back in an interview with NG first minister Tony Andersen this morning.
Seems NG does not have many details after a meeting with several players except that they [NG and Community Inuit Governments of Nain and Hopedale] will introduce a limit on how many bottles [perhaps a month] that any one can order [by fax and with a credit card] from the NLLCB.
It will be several months before any changes are noticed according to the first minister, who was obviously uncomfortable with the way the questioning went.
I guess when you don’t have any answers and you seem to be passing the hard decisions off to another authority, hard questions should be expected.
Having said that all the flack should be directed at the NG alcohol committee as well as the local alcohol committee, not just their spokesperson.
It may be a first step in a long process of dealing with substance abuse, or it may be just the status quo. I would hope there are more concrete pro active solutions that will be implemented sooner rather than later, after all there have been years of studies, trips to parts afar, committees, meetings, time to act one would think.
CBC’s Paul Pigot did not hold much back in an interview with NG first minister Tony Andersen this morning.
Seems NG does not have many details after a meeting with several players except that they [NG and Community Inuit Governments of Nain and Hopedale] will introduce a limit on how many bottles [perhaps a month] that any one can order [by fax and with a credit card] from the NLLCB.
It will be several months before any changes are noticed according to the first minister, who was obviously uncomfortable with the way the questioning went.
I guess when you don’t have any answers and you seem to be passing the hard decisions off to another authority, hard questions should be expected.
Having said that all the flack should be directed at the NG alcohol committee as well as the local alcohol committee, not just their spokesperson.
It may be a first step in a long process of dealing with substance abuse, or it may be just the status quo. I would hope there are more concrete pro active solutions that will be implemented sooner rather than later, after all there have been years of studies, trips to parts afar, committees, meetings, time to act one would think.
1 comment:
History tells us prohibition doesn't work. My experience over here with limiting choice is that it results in people turning to bootleggers and less savoury stuff like mouth wash looking for their high. The only real way to deal with the problems of alcohol is through sustained long term education and family interventions. Otherwise, the problems just become clandestine.
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