Alcohol consumption gone hugely down

kunst nugget · 05-03-2019 01:21PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Professor Jim Lucey, head of St Patrick’s Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry in TCD, says cannabis is causing absolutely devastation in some communities - young men barely in their 20’s presenting with profoundly life changing levels of psychosis. It’s reputation as some harmless drug needs to be carefully examined. It ruins lives.

I don't know if my head would have survived my early twenties if I was smoking what's out and about now.

I would favour legalisation and a grading system for strength - at least you'd know what you're getting.

utyh2ikcq9z76b · 05-03-2019 02:14PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Professor Jim Lucey, head of St Patrick’s Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry in TCD, says cannabis is causing absolutely devastation in some communities - young men barely in their 20’s presenting with profoundly life changing levels of psychosis. It’s reputation as some harmless drug needs to be carefully examined. It ruins lives.

Give over, no community is being devastated by cannabis

SEPT 23 1989 · 05-03-2019 02:22PM

why have the hippies slowly invaded a thread about creamy pints?

dundalkfc10 · 05-03-2019 08:36PM

A good % of people here in Dundalk buy our drink, shopping, Oil etc over the border (im sure Monaghan, Cavan, Leitirim, Donegal etc is the same)

They dont have a clue what we drink!

VinLieger · 05-03-2019 10:07PM

Giveaway wrote: »

Consumption is not down. Increase in off licence sales. While less money is spent on drink, volume of alcohol drank has increased. Ie rip off pub/club prices vs supermarket sales. Also recreational drug use. Cannabis is massively more popular but being ilicit is not being picked up by the stats

Consumption is absolutely down year over year for over a decade, stop posting about something you obviously have no clue about.

Low cost selling which started and became prevalent during the same period did not increase consumption as claimed proving the main reason for minimum unit pricing was a lie pushed by the vintners

Mister Vain · 05-03-2019 10:14PM

The young lads are more interested in drinking protein shakes these days.

gctest50 · 05-03-2019 10:31PM

Surely part of it is due to the massive exit :

odyssey06 · 05-03-2019 10:36PM

gctest50 wrote: »

Surely part of it is due to the massive exit :

Might be balanced out by the increasing tourist numbers... who like visiting the guinness storehouse and distillery visitor centres.

BlackandGreen · 05-03-2019 10:38PM

a good joint beats a pint any day.

but i mean...i'd be fairly open to having both.

joint and a guinness.

good ****.

Amirani · 06-03-2019 12:17AM

Trevor Fit Nun wrote: »

Give over, no community is being devastated by cannabis

Yeah, that's excessive. It does have quite a profound negative impact on a not unsubstantial number of users.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 06-03-2019 12:37AM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Professor Jim Lucey, head of St Patrick’s Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry in TCD, says cannabis is causing absolutely devastation in some communities - young men barely in their 20’s presenting with profoundly life changing levels of psychosis. It’s reputation as some harmless drug needs to be carefully examined. It ruins lives.

All drugs, when abused, ruin lives. Legal or otherwise.

Beyond that, Prof Lucey is being more than a tad hyperbolic - if someone said alcohol was causing absolute devastation in some communites, they'd be laughed at and yet it's been proven to be more addictive and harmful.

Ipso · 06-03-2019 01:03AM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Professor Jim Lucey, head of St Patrick’s Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry in TCD, says cannabis is causing absolutely devastation in some communities - young men barely in their 20’s presenting with profoundly life changing levels of psychosis. It’s reputation as some harmless drug needs to be carefully examined. It ruins lives.

Stop that, cannabis is a super drug.

Gimme A Pound · 06-03-2019 01:46AM

bigpink wrote: »

Is 2019 the year we see the huge decline of alcohol consumption even quiet social pints seems to be dying
Was out with visitors tonight was driving so on coffee and minerals the city(Limerick) was dead

Wouldn't any cold Monday night be dead?

satguy · 06-03-2019 01:51AM

€5.10 for a pint of Carlsberg in my local pub.. ( Portlaoise ).
My Wife will also drink a pint of Carlsberg, so that is €10.20 per round, If we ramble over on Fri or Sat night and have 6 Pints it adds up. ( €61.20 )

Is 6 pints enough ? (not really) ,, Then factor in a portion of curry chips as we have to pass the chipper to get home.

Big Words · 06-03-2019 02:03AM

satguy wrote: »

€5.10 for a pint of Carlsberg in my local pub.. ( Portlaoise ).
My Wife will also drink a pint of Carlsberg, so that is €10.20 per round, If we ramble over on Fri or Sat night and have 6 Pints it adds up. ( €61.20 )

Is 6 pints enough ? (not really) ,, Then factor in a portion of curry chips as we have to pass the chipper to get home.

Will ye ride with mad after a gallon of carlsberg and pomme frites?

bigpink · 06-03-2019 03:10AM

Khalid Ambitious Garlic wrote: »

Wouldn't any cold Monday night be dead?

It would but in a city centre surely a bit of life even social slow pints not mad sessions

PTH2009 · 06-03-2019 03:34AM

You need too be a bit pissed or buzzed sitting in an almost empty pub during a week night. It's so misrible but it can be relaxing but so boring

Pub prices are the problem, over €5 in some places for a pint of Carlsberg but you could go to the offy and get a 6/8 pack for €10/€12

Then we have these hipster micro brewery pubs which some have no life in and you can't talk too loud/sing etc

professore · 06-03-2019 10:58AM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

I'm a relatively new user to this site but it was recommended to me by a friend of mine last year. He gave me a word of warning before I created my account though, urging me to ignore references to "hamsters running the servers," "mod coke and hooker parties" and Ataris. That was the first of such references I have seen and it made me feel palpably ill.

Yore Ma!

professore · 06-03-2019 10:59AM

satguy wrote: »

€5.10 for a pint of Carlsberg in my local pub.. ( Portlaoise ).
My Wife will also drink a pint of Carlsberg, so that is €10.20 per round, If we ramble over on Fri or Sat night and have 6 Pints it adds up. ( €61.20 )

Is 6 pints enough ? (not really) ,, Then factor in a portion of curry chips as we have to pass the chipper to get home.

I'm imagining Bridget and Eamon for some reason

Alcohol consumption gone hugely down

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