| Britain's Hidden Alcoholics - BBC Panorama |
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(February 2012) Another barrage of statistics showing up how worried we in Britain should be about the state of our drinking culture, which this documentary aptly described as a combination of Southern European meal drinking with Northern European feast drinking. Apparently some 200,000 Britons travel to work hungover, 9,000 die every year due to alcohol related illness with liver disease responsible for 100 deaths per week costing the NHS £2.7bn. Yet the drinks industry in Britain is worth some £36bn with 2 milllion jobs supported/dependent on it. Of particular concern was the science behind encouraging people to drink - with shots a 'functional technique for intoxication' and some 1.6billion bottles of wine drunk in 2010. Sobering stuff... |
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