This episode comes from a discontinued podcast called Debatable.

When the South African government banned all sale of alcohol during lockdown, there were reports of blissfully empty emergency wards.  Only 31% of South Africans over the age of 15 drink alcohol but the amount of alcohol consumed per drinker per day is over double the global average.

Cait interviews Professor Charles Parry (Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Research Unit of the South African Medical Research Council) to discuss the impact of binge drinking in South Africa, the role of the alcohol lobby and the tried-and-tested practical solutions available to policymakers.

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