╨╧рб▒с>■  )+■   (                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ье┴7 Ё┐ bjbjUU .7|7|       l░░░░░░░─№№№№  ─╒╢        TVVVVVV$Л лJz░     z░░  П "░ ░ T TDT░░T  @ $аН╚─8№BTTе0╒TїX╕T──░░░░┘ LetТs briefly look at why our alcohol control policies are failing. Test purchasing. An exercise heavily influenced by the drinks industry and allegedly designed to deter servers from selling to anyone under 18. Many more tests purchase operations are now carried out than three years ago, but to what effect? The server, usually a student or part-timer gets a г80 fine and possibly the sack. The bar owner or operator carries on. Test purchasing is a legitimate and well-intentioned exercise, but hardly informed. As more and more young people get their alcohol from corner shops and from home anyway, is it really making a difference? Server training. Where this happens, which is certainly not in every pub, the emphasis is on keeping the till straight, not pouring СmistakesТ (wastage), and in recent times on not serving anyone under-age or without proof of indentity. ThereТs usually very little or nothing about how to serve properly, whatТs in a drink (alcohol content), customer care, taste, style, and donТt serve anyone who has had too much. Compare this, as I often do, to service in France or Germany, where your server knows about the products and knows her / his responsibilities. Advertising. The simple fact is that if we multiplied the resources allocated to alcohol education in schools by 1000, it would still be dwarfed by the spending power of the big brewers. Little wonder then that so many young people choose the products that are marketed at them, and that they chose the drinking environment that is created by those only interested in increasing shareholder value. Interestingly, those same young people often speak knowledgeably and passionately about the environmental impact of food miles and of additives in food. What we have is a dogТs breakfast of policies, pursued by people with little knowledge of what the real problems are and even less knowledge of alternative solutions. ItТs essentially an exercise by grey suits in looking after yourself and hitting meaningless targets, thatТs why there is so much resistance to change despite the obvious failure of the present arrangements. So letТs just accept that it isnТt working and letТs do something different. We are sitting on a timebomb of alcohol-related ill health and public disorder, and it is ticking. FВГ ·Ў6Б]Б 5БCJ \БEF▓│ВГ▓│┌ █ R S  ··············$a$ ¤,1Рh░В. ░╞A!░"░#Ра$Ра%░░─░─ Р─ i@@ё @ Normal CJOJQJ_HaJmH sH tH <A@Є б< Default Paragraph Font     EF▓│ВГ▓│┌█RS Ш0ААШ0ААШ@0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ@0ААШ0ААШ@0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0АА   en┤╝ ╛╞ 3▒┼╫чЎV]!4Pn┘шЎЎеео╚═▐?Phn┌    laurenceZ:\CAMRA\February.doc @А╝╝╘tq╢╢╝╝ @@  Unknown            GРЗz А Times New Roman5РАSymbol3&Р Зz А Arial"qИЁ╨фh+┴╞═┬├&Mo!Ёа┤┤ББ20! 2ГQЁ  FebruarylaurenceЁ└Fб"─ рАщZрАщZрАщZ February.doc#╩▄#╩▄ PAS/0Lesley0EX  З%ьE▄пп(AЭC&H└4&■9  _¤_Ў_Lesleyў_ З%ьE▄пп(AЭC&H└4&■ рЕЯЄ∙OhлС+'│┘0pРШм╕─╨▄Ё  , 8 DPX`hф February ebrebrebrebr Normal.dot laurencet2urMicrosoft Word 9.0@0@ОqМЦO╚@аН╚Mo■ ╒═╒Ь.УЧ+,∙о0Ї hpАИРШ аи░╕ └ ╒фapasy! а  February Title ■   ■   ■   !"#$%&'■   ¤   *■   ■   ■                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Root Entry         └F╢$аН╚,А1Table            WordDocument        .SummaryInformation(    DocumentSummaryInformation8             CompObj    jObjectPool            ╢$аН╚╢$аН╚            ■                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ■       └FMicrosoft Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.8Ї9▓q