Study shows online delivery undermining harm minimisation

ABC NEWS (Australia)

It's fast and convenient but new research shows alcohol delivery services may be doing more harm than good. A study by Deakin University and the National Drug Research Institute found delivery services are undermining efforts to reduce alcohol consumption, with high risk drinkers being frequent users.

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00:00 What we know from this study and others is that alcohol is, when alcohol is sold to people

00:08 through delivery, it's used to extend drinking sessions.

00:12 And what people say is, they say, "I would have normally called it a night, but I could

00:16 be delivered this alcohol within 20 minutes, and so I extended my drinking session."

00:22 By including some common sense measures, like making sure that alcohol is not sold late

00:27 into the night, it means that we can help to keep the community safe, but also to make

00:32 sure that people who are delivering alcohol are safe as well.

00:35 We're proposing that alcohol's not sold into the home later than 10 p.m., and also we'd

00:40 like to see a safety pause, so a two-hour safety pause between when an order is made

00:45 and when it's delivered.

00:47 And so that means that when people are planning ahead and alcohol is delivered, it's available

00:52 to people, but when it's used to increase intoxication or sold to people who are intoxicated,

00:59 then we've just got these extra controls in place to make sure that we're mimicking that

01:04 responsible service environment in a home environment, in that digital environment where

01:10 harm is more likely as well.

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