A big night out getting bigger: Alcohol consumption, arrests and crowd numbers, before and after legislative change.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Restrictive practices on alcohol sales in entertainment districts have been introduced to reduce alcohol-related violence in youth. On 1st July 2016, the Queensland State Government (Australia) imposed a 2-hour reduction in trading hours for alcohol sales in venues within specific night-time entertainment districts (NEDS; from 5am to 3am), a reduction in maximum trading hours for venues outside NEDs (with a maximum 2am closing time), the banning of 'rapid intoxication drinks' (e.g. shots) after 12am, and no new approvals for trading hours beyond 10pm for the sale of takeaway alcohol. No independent study has evaluated general levels of intoxication, crowd numbers, fear of violence, and illicit substance use as people enter and exit NEDS, both before and after the introdu

SUBMITTER: Devilly GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586392 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature