Amid a doubling of drunk driving cases and increasing concern at the effects of alcohol abuse, President David Granger has promised action in the long term to deal with the scourge.
There is currently no national plan in place to tackle alcohol abuse and Guyanese continue to drink excessively, with the festive season likely to see an uptick in alcohol sales. For this year so far, police stats show that the drunk driving cases taken to court are more than double those of last year.
In a recent interview, Granger described alcohol abuse as “one of two evils” that the country has to contain. His government is very concerned about excessive drinking and the effects it is having on the country, he said while assuring that over time, measures will be put in place to deal with it.
The big question though is when, particularly since this scourge has been eating away at this country for decades and alcohol consumption is on the rise.