Home Office booze ads show dark side of getting wrecked / Guardian, 17 June 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/17/advertising.health?gusrc=rss&feed=politics
Mark Sweney
"I am not prepared to tolerate alcohol-fuelled crime and disorder on our streets and this new campaign will challenge people to think twice about the serious consequences of losing control," said the home secretary, Jacqui Smith. "Binge drinking is not only damaging to health but it makes individuals vulnerable to harm. People who are drunk are much more likely to be involved in an accident or assault, be charged with a criminal offence, contract a sexually transmitted disease or have an unplanned pregnancy."