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[[media:SubstanceAbuse_Report_FINAL_v2.pdf‎|Over the Limit: The Truth about Families and Alcohol]] is a report by the fake-charity [[4children]]({{UKCharity|288285}}) (of £12.8M income in the year ending 2011, over £9.5M came from the tax-payer in the form of grants from councils.<ref>[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends85%5C0000288285_ac_20110331_e_c.pdf 4children Year ending 31 Mar 2011] pdf page 16 - Charity Commission</ref>)

== Key findings ==

=== Netmum's survey ===

Ignoring the self-selecting nature of any free-for-all survey on the internet - especially on netmums - and considering only 176 people took part:

{{quote|85% of people think families in the UK need more help with drugs and/or alcohol}}

85% of people shouldn't be concerned with how others live their lives apparently.

{{quote|47% are worried about the effect of drugs and alcohol on their lives}}

If they're that worried, then they should do something about it.

{{quote|29% of mothers, and 30% of their partners drink more alcohol a week than the recommended amount}}

Since the recommended amount was a number [[Alcohol_Units#Daily.2FWeekly_limits|plucked out of thin air]] and the number differs [[Alcohol_Units#World|depending on which country]] you ask, this means nothing.

{{quote|41% of people know one or more families that need help with alcohol or drug use}}

... in their opinion. Presumably this is a subset of the 85% of busybodies mentioned above.

=== Comres survey ===

Marginally more reasonable than something from netmums, with a sample size of 575...

{{quote|8% of parents in the UK, equating to around 2.6 million parents and at least 1.5 million households, say they have taken illegal drugs}}

No breakdown of what drugs were consumed. Non-prescription Temazepam? Cannabis? Crack cocaine or crystal meth?

{{quote|7% of parents in the UK, equating to around 2.4 million parents and at least 1.3 million households, say they have taken legal highs}}

So that's a little irrelevant then.

{{quote|Three times as many fathers (13%) as mothers (4%) say they drink every day

Four times as many of those in the richest households (social grouo[sic] AB) (11%) as the poorest households (social group DE) (3%) drink every day}}

Again, irrelevant.

And so on, and so on, with the vast majority of the conclusions coming from the Comres survey. They do, however, conveniently pull the

{{quote|62% of children who were subject to care proceedings were from families with parental alcohol misuse}}

number from [[Adamson & Templeton (2012)]] - a report seemingly based on nothing but guesswork.

==References==
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 {{quote|47% are worried about the effect of drugs and alcohol on their lives}}
-If they're that worried, then they should do something about it.
+If they're that worried, then they should do something about it. Themselves. Rather than expecting others, especially The Government, to do it for them.
 {{quote|29% of mothers, and 30% of their partners drink more alcohol a week than the recommended amount}}

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