Spain proposes fines for parents of underage drinkers - The Local: "Spain’s new health minister has revealed that she wants to pass a law which would see parents of underage drinkers fined if they refused to take their children to special 'awareness courses' on drinking.
In an interview with Spanish newspaper ABC, Dolors Montserrat said she intends on introducing a new law designed to reduce underage consumption of alcohol in the country.
“I need to listen to all of the sectors involved. I want a law with the maximum consensus possible, because if not, it won’t go forward and our children will continue to drink in the street,” she told ABC.
Montserrat’s predecessors have struggled to pass effective alcohol legislation. But the Catalan, who became Spanish Health Minister when the conservative PP government was finally re-instated in November, suggested that fines could be used to make sure the proposed new law has an impact:
“The family will receive notice to attend an awareness course with their kid, similar to the ones for traffic offences. There will be some irresponsible parents who decline to go, and then, if the kid is a repeat offender, some kind of economic sanction may have to be considered.”"
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