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Friday, November 21, 2008, 07:30
Pupils at secondary schools could be taught about health problems linked with booze.
Proposals being considered by City of Lincoln Council officers could see an alcohol officer appointed to educate pupils at school and to speak with parents and children on a one-to-one basis.
The role would be part-funded by the council with money channelled from Government grants.
The proposals have has been put forward by the committee that recently urged the Government to give the council powers to ban cheap drink promotions.
Coun Andrew Kerry, chairman of the committee looking at the plans, said the key to tackling booze-related problems was "education, education, education".
"We need to get in at the lower levels, at secondary schools and with A-level students," he said.
"The earlier we can start the better. Kids are being picked up drinking in parks at 11, 12 and 13. Education can make a difference."
Few details have so far been made public about the plans, which have some way to go before being agreed by the ruling executive.
The measures have been welcomed by Lincolnshire Police.
Chief Inspector Kieran English said: "We work closely with other agencies towards reducing alcohol-related incidents including violence and anti-social behaviour."
For more on the proposals, see Friday's Echo
Binge-drinking by the young is to be addressed in schools
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