When it comes to alcohol, the news from the United Kingdom is downright frightening compared with Michigan.

"Two-thirds of Scotland's ambulances are called out on weekends to deal with alcohol-related illness or violence, new figures have suggested." That's from the Telegraph on Oct. 5, 2009.

On Aug. 21, 2009, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported more than 440 people were arrested for alcohol-

related violence in Manchester -- in one Friday night alone.

And on Jan. 2 this year, the Sun headline said it all: "New Year's Heave." It went on to report that thousands of Britons were violently ill from binge drinking and alcohol abuse, now Britain's top public health concern.