Pondering the usefulness of the Un-addiction Economy! (Copy) (Copy)

Addiction Economy Thought For Today - importance of 'joined up government'.

This is so true across all Addiction Economy areas. You can easily get the Dept for Business giving tax breaks for innovations or new factories, another Dept paying subsidies eg for home grown ingredients of addictive products, another taxing for additional revenue and to put people off, another dismantling regulation to promote usage, with another cracking down on say advertising or promotion for health reasons whilst another is hosting events and lobbying for support home grown businesses!

Here from Sheila Gilheany in Ireland asking for a special body for alcohol policy, what about in the UK an 'Addiction Economy' government body which has a multi-stakeholder board and cross fertilises ideas across all the addictive products - alcohol, cigarettes, vapes, unhealthy and ultra-processed foods, opioids, gambling, computer games, social media, crypto-trading. All of which have business models which seek not just to entice their customers but to encourage use beyond the level at which it causes them harm?

Happy to put together a discussion group if anyone interested!

Thanks Nason Maani for the heads up.

https://alcoholireland.ie/our-work/campaigns/office-for-alcohol-harm-reduction/