Letter: Opening hours
The real problem is caused by the decision made years ago to allow licensed premises to open for longer, the idea being that this would end our habit of binge-drinking before closing time.
The policy has obviously not worked. Unlike the French, Spanish and Italians, too many Scots do not drink moderately and sociably. They drink to get drunk and the longer hours have made us more likely to drink to excess, and have exposed more young people to the temptations of drugs.
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Hide AdWe should return to the old restrictions on opening hours and to encouraging clubs to provide entertainment, especially for teenagers and young adults, without access to alcohol, just as I experienced when I was growing up in Dundee in the 1940s and Fifties.
GEORGE K McMILLAN
Mount Tabor Avenue
Perth