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Bill: Alcohol for Adults only
Details
Submitted by[?]: Grand Republican Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2089
Description[?]:
| The Grand Republican Party has no problem with alcohol itself; however, the law of the land states that though alcohol can only be purchased in licensed areas, anyone may purchase it. Surely this is something that cannot go on? Youngsters under 18 or even 21 are able to but alchohol in any amounts and become intoxicated by it. A rise in teen and pre-teen crime, a rise in vandalism, the rise in prison costs...all can be kept down, and Rutanias teenagers and pre-teens kept safe if this bill is brought into effect. We add this opinion poll for further evidence that the Rutanian people wants this bill: http://82.238.75.178:8085/particracy/main/viewnews.php?newsid=3660 Addendum: Although only adults may purchase alchohol from licensed areas, anyone may actually consume the beverages, as long as an adult purchases said alchohol |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, but consumed by anyone.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:50:53, July 28, 2005 CET | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Alcohol for Adults only |
| Message | In favour. |
| Date | 12:23:46, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Humanist Socialist Party | To | Debating the Alcohol for Adults only |
| Message | Not in favour at the moment, although we think there might again be a difficulty in reading the choices; the current one says "...*consumed* by anyone", which we support (on the "one-glass-of-watered-down-wine-at-the-dinner-table" principle, i.e. the earlier they're introduced to it, in a controlled environment, the earlier they'll learn how to handle it) We probably aren't in favour of letting underage people *buy* alcohol, you see, but we are in favour of letting them *consume* it, and that seems to have fallen between the cracks of these proposals. If there's some clarification on what precisely would be allowed and what wouldn't we'll reconsider. |
| Date | 13:45:27, July 30, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Alcohol for Adults only |
| Message | I've highlighted that at the forum. ;-) |
| Date | 18:52:37, July 30, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Alcohol for Adults only |
| Message | We are against this. Alcohol should be purchased by 16+ (Adults) but consumed by anyone. |
| Date | 20:24:09, July 30, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Alcohol for Adults only |
| Message | We'd support that option as well if a moderator adds it. |
| Date | 15:08:55, July 31, 2005 CET | From | Grand Republican Party | To | Debating the Alcohol for Adults only |
| Message | What if I added my own addendum in the proposal alloiwng teens to *consume* alchohol, just not buy it? Then, although the bill would say they can't, they actually could? I'm just putting an idea out here, I don't know if that would work. |
| Date | 15:46:34, July 31, 2005 CET | From | Humanist Socialist Party | To | Debating the Alcohol for Adults only |
| Message | It would be the best solution until a moderator takes note, yes that's a good plan (and once the correct proposal has been put in there we can re-run the vote) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 537 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 62 |
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