So what do those under-age drinkers drink?
The Echo last week ran with a story about the Police confiscating alcohol from under-age drinkers. They published a table of what was taken and had a picture of the haul.
Now was it like what the Tories were saying? That the problem is with alcopops and super-strength booze?
Nope, here are the figures:
Beer - 157.69 litres (78%)
Cider - 25.52 litres (13%)
Wine - 7.5 litres (4%)
Spirits - 4.2 litres (2%)
Alcopops - 5.72 litres (3%)
and whilst the beer and cider figures don’t separate normal from strong, the picture clearly shows a large number of cans, bottles and boxes of Carling, Fosters, Stella and Carlsberg.
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