23/11/2025
HARD truth:
If alcohol were a new product released onto the market today, it would face intense scrutiny due to its known health risks, including direct links to 7 of the most common cancers, potential for addiction and early deaths, and association with accidents, assault, self-harm, and su***de.
It would likely be met with significant public health concerns, requiring a rigorous, lengthy, and expensive approval process that would challenge its market viability.
Marketing would most certainly be heavily restricted, and online sales and 'all-night delivery options' (for our city mates) would face new regulations due to risks like selling to minors and intoxicated individuals.
This is the plain truth.
So perhaps next time you are congratulating a mate for quitting the darts, the hard drugs, or some other thing that was causing them and their loved ones devastating harm - remember to apply that same enthusiasm and epic support for a mate saying 'no thanks' to grog.