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Navy bans alcohol sale on bases between 10pm and 6am to curb drink-related crimes | Mail Online
Sales of liquor are to be restricted on Navy bases to try to reduce sexual assaults and other crimes, the leading Admiral has said.
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert has ordered a series of changes to the way alcohol is sold on bases, including a ban on sales in its mini marts and restricted selling times at other stores.
'It's not going to fix everything, but it is a real step in the right direction,' David Jernigan, Johns Hopkins University's director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, said.
'Historically, the military, as elsewhere, has viewed these problems as individual problems to be dealt with by identifying the individual with the problem. While that's important, the research shows it's much more effective actually to look at it as a population problem and to deal with things that are affecting everybody across the population,' he said.
The changes, which include not selling alcohol between 10pm and 6am, are the latest addition to a broader alcohol education and awareness program that appears to have had some success.
Sales of liquor are to be restricted on Navy bases to try to reduce sexual assaults and other crimes, the leading Admiral has said.
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert has ordered a series of changes to the way alcohol is sold on bases, including a ban on sales in its mini marts and restricted selling times at other stores.
'It's not going to fix everything, but it is a real step in the right direction,' David Jernigan, Johns Hopkins University's director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, said.
'Historically, the military, as elsewhere, has viewed these problems as individual problems to be dealt with by identifying the individual with the problem. While that's important, the research shows it's much more effective actually to look at it as a population problem and to deal with things that are affecting everybody across the population,' he said.
The changes, which include not selling alcohol between 10pm and 6am, are the latest addition to a broader alcohol education and awareness program that appears to have had some success.
