Cheers! Brits toast new shatterproof pint glass

NaboCane · Feb 7, 2010

LONDON — British officials unveiled shatterproof pint glasses Thursday, swearing that the country would save billions in health-care costs by coming up with a glass that doesn't double as a lethal weapon...

There are about 87,000 alcohol-related glass attacks each year, with many resulting in hospital visits, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said as he introduced the two prototype shatterproof pint glasses...

Half of all violent assaults in Britain are alcohol-related, and it has become common for drinkers to smash glasses and use them as weapons, said Don Shenker, chief executive of Alcohol Concern, a charity working to lessen alcohol abuse in Britain.

The government estimates alcohol-related problems cost the National Health Service $4.3 billion a year....
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Holy crap!

2k5 · Feb 7, 2010

I've been drinking from shatter-proof cups for years now.

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