New Posts For Thread: The drink defence must stop!!!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stopI'm reading the local rag and in it there are 2 cases of totally unprovoked attacks on individuals who were badly injured. one of them spent a week in hospital and had serious head injuries the doctors were gravely concerned about but happily he pullif you get pished and start trouble its your fault.seriously, so many people cant handle their drink.i never act like a ****, even when drank quite abit.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stop?post_id=520741541#520741541if you get pished and start trouble its your fault.seriously, so many people cant handle their drink.i never act like a ****, even when drank quite abit.Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:54:43 -0500No probs Bonvivvy sorry for the misunderstanding, all i was meaning was that lots more crime in general including the crimes you stated happen when people have had a drink taken and might not have happened if they were not drunk(been drinking) .I thhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stop?post_id=520697165#520697165No probs Bonvivvy sorry for the misunderstanding, all i was meaning was that lots more crime in general including the crimes you stated happen when people have had a drink taken and might not have happened if they were not drunk(been drinking) .I thMon, 11 Jun 2012 07:47:06 -0500EeoreIf you'd have said "violence related" then id happily agree but not all offences in prison are violence was my point.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stop?post_id=520696543#520696543EeoreIf you'd have said "violence related" then id happily agree but not all offences in prison are violence was my point.Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:22:07 -0500Nice HM , good workhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stop?post_id=520684011#520684011Nice HM , good workSun, 10 Jun 2012 17:48:07 -0500This is an article from the Independent on the relative costs to society of various drugs.http://tinyurl.com/ckltmqcThis is the actual table, from the Lancet website.http://tinyurl.com/d55lqgoFood for thought imo.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stop?post_id=520683191#520683191This is an article from the Independent on the relative costs to society of various drugs.http://tinyurl.com/ckltmqcThis is the actual table, from the Lancet website.http://tinyurl.com/d55lqgoFood for thought imo.Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:17:44 -0500BonVivvy10 Jun 12 07:42 Most of the people in prison are there due to drink related incidents i think it is about 70% or sowalofsSo we'l ignore all drug offences? noncing?burgulars?gang related?I hope my above posts have answered your questionshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stop?post_id=520682691#520682691BonVivvy10 Jun 12 07:42 Most of the people in prison are there due to drink related incidents i think it is about 70% or sowalofsSo we'l ignore all drug offences? noncing?burgulars?gang related?I hope my above posts have answered your questionsSun, 10 Jun 2012 17:03:02 -0500Research5 has found that alcohol had been consumed prior to the offence in nearly three-quarters (73%)of domestic violence cases and was a ‘feature’ in almost two-thirds (62%). Furthermore, almost half(48%) of these convicted domestic violence ofhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stop?post_id=520656523#520656523Research5 has found that alcohol had been consumed prior to the offence in nearly three-quarters (73%)of domestic violence cases and was a ‘feature’ in almost two-thirds (62%). Furthermore, almost half(48%) of these convicted domestic violence ofSun, 10 Jun 2012 03:31:35 -0500Bonvivvy i think we have crossed wires here.I'm not saying ignore all the other offences all i am saying is that most probably even all those crimes you are listing (drug offences? noncing?burgulars?gang related?)A large amount (60%/70%) were most prhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stop?post_id=520656477#520656477Bonvivvy i think we have crossed wires here.I'm not saying ignore all the other offences all i am saying is that most probably even all those crimes you are listing (drug offences? noncing?burgulars?gang related?)A large amount (60%/70%) were most prSun, 10 Jun 2012 03:28:43 -0500http://www.ias.org.uk/resources/factsheets/crime.pdfIf you look in this fact sheet from the institute of alcohol document quote An All Party Group of MPsinvestigating alcohol and crime was advised by the British Medical Association7 that alcohol is ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stop?post_id=520656423#520656423http://www.ias.org.uk/resources/factsheets/crime.pdfIf you look in this fact sheet from the institute of alcohol document quote An All Party Group of MPsinvestigating alcohol and crime was advised by the British Medical Association7 that alcohol is aSun, 10 Jun 2012 03:23:51 -0500Most of the people in prison are there due to drink related incidents i think it is about 70% or sowalofsSo we'l ignore all drug offences? noncing?burgulars?gang related?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/29169049/the-drink-defence-must-stop?post_id=520655515#520655515Most of the people in prison are there due to drink related incidents i think it is about 70% or sowalofsSo we'l ignore all drug offences? noncing?burgulars?gang related?Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:42:23 -0500