Hr. formand, jeg var tilfældigvis sundhedsminister, da der kom nye retningslinjer om, at et moderat alkoholforbrug er bedre end intet, men også at et moderat alkoholforbrug er bedre end for meget, og det skal være den røde tråd i denne betænkning: At få de unge til at forstå, at der skal være en balance mellem den behagelige virkning af fornuftige alkoholvaner og farerne ved alkoholmisbrug.
Mr President, I happened to be Minister of Health when advice came through that the new guidance should be that some alcohol was better than none, but some was also better than too much, and in a sense that is what we need to do through this report: to help young people understand that there is a balance to be struck between the pleasure and the benefit of drinking alcohol sensibly and the dangers of alcohol abuse.