Alcohol & Society
Alcohol has an acknowledged place in our
society. As in most countries and cultures, it plays and important
economic role.
Alcohol is alcohol. There is no
difference between spirits, wine and beer. They are all alcohol.
They are all capable of being enjoyed responsibly and of being
misused. There is no such thing as a problem drink. There are
problem drinkers.
The SWA does not have an issue if reducing the number of
hazardous and harmful drinkers cuts per capita consumption. But
cutting consumption of moderate drinkers without reducing harm
fails to address the problem of misuse.