LONDON - Soon Britons will be able to get smashed at the pub while their pint glasses won't. The shatterproof pint glass was proudly unveiled by the government Thursday.
Officials swore the country would save billions in health care costs by coming up with a glass that doesn't double as a lethal weapon.
But noticeably, no officials were talking about reforming the British binge drinking culture at the root of the problem.
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.
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