Comments on: ShotPaks: A Dangerous New Craze

By: Bella

Bella — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:41:38 +0000

I grew up in the 80′s where shotpaks or other “cutesy sugary drinks” were not even thought of. I still managed to get drunk every day, at school and after, and under age. The blame lay on the shoulders of the drunk liquor store owner, who didn’t card me and parents who didn’t care enough. When are people going to stop blaming “new” MUSIC, (RAP ETC) new packaging styles, new (television programs), new (games – playstation etc) and start realizing that underage drinking is an AGE OLD problem and has everything to do with parenting. Grow up and stop living in the future to blame your problems on…I was a drunk long before some of these new products were even invented. It took my own hand to stop, and tighter restrictions in the NEW world had a hand in that.

By: Corey

Corey — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:47:26 +0000

Why don’t we just follow other cultures of responsible drinking and stop blaming alcohol industries like the AMA does? AMA supported prohibition back in the 1920′s. When prohibition starts, may support it. When prohibition ends, people realize it was unpopular and unsuccessful. Let 18-20 year olds hav their own say in their own prohibition and rather they support it or not? I’m agreeing with Jolyn and Will. Canada, New Zealand, and Europe don’t want to blame alcohol industries like we do. This is the land of the free and i say let supervised parties have alcohol and unsupervised ones not have alcohol at all. Yet again alcohol might go to alcohol free parties. Parents or educators need to teach kids at an earlier age(ex.12) like many European cultures do.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:44:27 +0000

I have personally observed pudding-cup style shots of vodka on sale in Israel and society there is certainly safe and functional.

By: Jolyn

Jolyn — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:56:46 +0000

Why is it that we as a nation want to blame the corporations and manufacturers of products? Regardless of their unerlying market focus of these, we have no right to blame them for these problems. It is not their fault that people are alcoholics, it is no one but that persons fault. If kids/teens decide to latch on to these, well it is the person who buys them for them’s fault, their parents fault for not educating them better (or paying enough attention), and the kids fault for not listening. Our society has a very bad perception on things. It’s easier to blame someone else.