Of course night clubs being more responsible for their patrons is important but the problem is deeper than that. I will put it straight first. I drink, love to drink and as a twenty something was know to get a bit messy, children changed all that. Alcohol is a drug, and one without peer in our society. All the elicit drugs put together cause less social destruction and health costs than alcohol. Why then is it so hard to understand the need to seriously regulate this stuff. The answer, money. The businesses, the tax income the losses are all to much to face. If it is a personal choice and we are not forced to drink then morally all the elicit drugs must be legalised. Hell i used plenty of them as a youth and still managed a career and life without crime and depravity. So did my mates only saw one friend loose it and we all got around and helped him. He has a good life now, doing better than me. The point is either drugs are out, all drugs or they are in, stop the hypocrisy based on money. Stop the easy access, make alcohol abuse a reportable disease under the health act and require people to do rehab as we do with elicit drugs. Close the bottle shops, restrict purchasing hours and quantities, introduce alcohol cards so you can only buy one drink an hour at the pubs and clubs. If this hurts these businesses so much compensate them to close. Maybe more people will goin the local tennis club or footy team.