Some organisation by the name of “The Central Drug Authority”, is here to tell you how bad you are. Or, in  the words of the authority’s acting chairman, Dr Ray Eberlein, “If we had a boozing world cup, South Africa wouldn’t even have to practise.” Duh, Dr Ray, we already had one. And I’m still hanging from it.

Here are some stats to reinforce your guilt as a bad South African:

“The average South African drinks 20,1 litres of pure alcohol a year”.

“The 20,1 litres are equivalent to 196 six-packs of beer, 62 bottles of spirits, 220 bottles of wine or 666 cartons of sorghum beer.”

Dr Eberlein doesn’t stop there:

“37% of South Africans drink from early Friday afternoon until Monday morning, staying drunk all weekend.”

“The worst of it all is on Monday, when 10% of the people on the road are likely to be drunk.”

“South Africans are among the top 10 consumers of alcohol globally.”

Although the good Dr sounds like he is just nagging, he does make a few valid points when he says that alcohol consumption in South Africa has increased, and that we have a serious drug problem. I guess we don’t have a fun problem then, hey Doc?

According to him, a new nicotine-rich substance by the name of “kuber” has taken the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal by storm. The substance, labelled as “breath freshener”, is sold in shops in plastic sachets and has already been banned in Malawi because it is highly addictive. Finally, a cigarette that makes your breath smell good, I’m sure non-smokers won’t mind.

Anyway. I still can’t get over that stat – “a bakkie-load”. Really?

It’s seems harder to use the excuse, “everything in moderation” now, doesn’t it?

[Source: timeslive]