Parents worried about the ‘new Buzzballz’ are missing the point

By Kirsty Ketley

I was 15 and sitting at the bar in a pub when I first drank an alcopop – Apple Hooch, to be precise. 

It was the 90s and underage drinking was far less regulated. If you had boobs, eyebrows plucked into oblivion and Heather Shimmer on your lips, getting served in a pub wasn’t exactly difficult. 

So when I heard that people were panicking about 99, a new shot-size product from the makers of BuzzBallz, and how it could encourage children to drink alcohol, I didn’t join in the outrage, I simply shrugged. 

The 50ml alcopop drink, costing 99p, has led some parents to worry their kids will spend their pocket money on the liquer.

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