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Originally posted by Nehru:
I dont have the answer. But I can tell you this, EDUCATION and not just knowing your ABC is the way out of this. How many young people with a College Degree are deep into Alcohol VS High School drop outs??? I bet you know the answer.

Dis drinking and wife beating, and beating up dem picknees is de norm, more or less a cultural ting... EDUKAYSHUN as yuh pointed out is the ansuh...

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Originally posted by kidmost:
How come in Europe , young people drink wine from an early age but do not become alcoholics ? and when they drink past their limit they are usually very jovial but in certain countries they become violently angry ! this is an issue we as Indos do not seem to wish to discuss , especially when it adversely affects the family .

we guyanese must notshy away from this problem... we must confront the problemand come upwith solutions. The problem is simply sickening.

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Originally posted by Nehru:
I dont have the answer. But I can tell you this, EDUCATION and not just knowing your ABC is the way out of this. How many young people with a College Degree are deep into Alcohol VS High School drop outs??? I bet you know the answer.

You may be right, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. I dont see bringing "college degrees" to the lower class of people in Guyana is something in the works. However, it could start from primary school where the simple biology of the effects of alcohol, smoking etc could be thought to the kids. You do this with along with adult education and awareness programs on TV, churches, temples and other places where people gather.

Also we should look at subliminal messages being spread in society where alcohol is promoted as a sign of "coolness" or where it's illustrated as a place of refuge for the frustrated and hurt. So, my point is, there nood to be a concerted and multilateral approach to the scorge.

You take these and add strong enforecement of the laws regarding drunkedness, public mis-behavior and such things, you will get results.

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Originally posted by Mitwah:

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Originally posted by Nehru:
I dont have the answer. But I can tell you this, EDUCATION and not just knowing your ABC is the way out of this. How many young people with a College Degree are deep into Alcohol VS High School drop outs??? I bet you know the answer.

Dis drinking and wife beating, and beating up dem picknees is de norm, more or less a cultural ting... EDUKAYSHUN as yuh pointed out is the ansuh...

Not sure why you say it's a "cultural thing". Whose cultural thing?