From: "John Beamish" 

Here (in Ontario) it's an offense to serve an intoxicated person.  There's
actually a course (can't remember the name right now) that all serving
staff have to take before being allowed to serve.

Ah, here it is
http://www.agco.on.ca/en/b.alcohol/b5.training.html
with more here
https://smartserve.org/



On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:28:26 -0400, Adam field.near the bridge">
 wrote:

> John Beamish wrote:
>> The delta on turnover after the tobacco ban is an increase (if Toronto
>> experience is anything to go by).
>>
>> Much weeping and gnashing of teeth by publicans beforehand, small fall
>> off in turnover in the immediate follow-on period and then an increase
>> because the smokers (even in mid-winter) nip out for a puff and then
>> return to the warmth and alcohol inside.  Meanwhile, those of us who
>> avoided going because of the, uh, aroma of smoke, now go regularly.
>>
>
> Yeah but the way the health puritans are going, next it will be the
> alcohol. Already there has been discussion wrt Publicans not
> "contributing to public disorder" by refusing to serve more than X
> drinks to someone.
>
> The problem was that in the UK we do rounds so how would you know &
> frankly banning buying rounds really would cause public disorder.
>
> Adam

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