Paris to ban drinking alcohol in public as hospitals hit heatwave breaking point
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/26/paris-heatwave-drinking-ban-drinking-alcohol-public
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/26/paris-heatwave-drinking-ban-drinking-alcohol-public
29 Comments
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 49d
Take it from a nation of drunkards who live in the heat- You want low ABV beers.
Under 3.5%, around 2.7% - it's low enough in alcohol that it stops being dehydrating, it won't hydrate you but you're not actively dehydrating yourself either.
There is a reason the top end of Australia drinks XXXX which is 3.5%. It's only us down in the south that can get away with drinking full strength during Winter (now!)
fonix232@fedia.io · 5 pts · 49d
Wine spritzers are the way to go.
Or do my absinthe spritzer:
super refreshing, low ABV(ish). For even less alcohol, swap absinthe with Absinthe NV.
Marthirial@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 49d
Refreshingly diabetic.
fonix232@fedia.io · 0 pts · 48d
why would it be diabetic?
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 49d
Sounds awesome, not technically a wine spritzer, but who cares. I'd go with cocktail in the original sense (drink at 11 a.m. to clear the head)
Nottalottapies@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 49d
XXXX is 100% trash. QLDer here and always drink higher ABV that's in better beers. Just drink water in between to stay hydrated.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 49d
That's Mid (strength), XXXX is 4.4 but was stronger for a long time. I don't care, I like Ales. Coopers uses brackish water, so it's rich in electrolytes, stepping around the problem, as long as you 'zebra stripe' (drink some damn water along the way) as the next gen says.
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 49d
I drink Mild Ale ;)
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 49d
Well, good!
No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 49d
OK, so only drink radlers and "tinto de verano" got it.
Alinor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 49d
Don't you want drinks that actually hydrate you though?
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 49d
Yes but there aren't any alcoholic drinks that do that and we are trying to get buzzed out here
tissek@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 49d
Wouldn't then drinking hard liquor for buzz and something hydrating be a decent option?
exu@feditown.com · 3 pts · 49d
Only if you drink the water first. Do it the other way and you're wasted by the time you drink water.
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 49d
Vodka and cucumber water!
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 49d
You can also make it with gin and add basil, thyme, or mint.
Actually, I highly recommend a weak gin and basil agua fresca (melon cubes blended smooth with water, lime juice, and sugar to taste) or a lot of water and a weak margarita on really hot days.
Noodle07@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 49d
In france we drink a lot of beers above 7% :x
socsa@piefed.social · 2 pts · 49d
Surely this will solve the problem
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 49d
TIL Europeans are alcoholics.
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 49d
Dislike this the solution should never be "legalistic" in scenarios like this.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 49d
Just like with COVID, if people don't have the good sense to regulate their own behaviors, when it affects the general population, then the state should intervene. During the height of COVID people with serious conditions were turned away from
historianshospitals because they were full of infected people that weren't vaccinated. That, in turn, drove occupancy limits and mask mandates.Edit: autocorrect
Damage@feddit.it · 13 pts · 49d
But what if someone needed to know the details of the first Punic war?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 49d
At least this isn't contagious
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 49d
Not the same thing at all drinking and suffering heat issues doesn't infect others with heat stroke don't police stuff like this public education.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 49d
If the hospitals are jammed because 1 million people have heat stroke it starts to affect others.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 49d
Contagious or not, their personal behaviors are clogging up hospitals. Public education should be a component but they're already in the middle of a health crisis. Education campaigns take time to create and even more time to fully disseminate throughout the population.
Brummbaer@pawb.social · 3 pts · 49d
You can still buy alcohol and drink it at home. I mean you can order as much alcohol as you like online, delivered to you the same day.
It totally makes sense to restrict alcohol in public during a heatwave.
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 49d
I don't think criminal solutions solve anything ever. Do public education on the dangers but don't police it.
Brummbaer@pawb.social · 4 pts · 49d
It solves the problem of hospitals being overwhelmed and people dying because of it.