Election 2017 - Party Policies - Drugs - Alcohol
27th May 17, 9:54am
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Alcohol
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- Keeping the blood alcohol limit at 50mg per 100 ml for adults aged 20 and over (which is the currently-recognised medical definition of intoxication).
- Phase out all broadcast, billboard and print (excluding point of sale) advertising of alcoholic beverages, and sponsorship by alcohol brands.
- Require accurate health information to be displayed on all alcohol products.
- Set a minimum price for alcohol in order to stop the sale of alcohol as a loss leader.
- Replace the current alcohol tax regime with a tax that is directly proportional to the quantity of pure alcohol in a drink.
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- Establish a moratorium on new liquor outlets and gaming machines in the community.
- Invest in whānau-focused alcohol and drug addiction, recovery and restoration programmes and services including in prisons.
- Increase in kaupapa Māori services, including drug and alcohol residential treatment centres and community-based programmes.
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- 1 million New Zealanders to potentially benefit through our Healthy Families initiative that encourages people to live healthier lives by making good food choices, being physically active, moderating alcohol consumption and being smoke-free.
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- Reintroduce the chargeable offence of being intoxicated and disorderly in public, to include intoxication from the use of drugs whether legal or illicit.
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