Paris: ​Parisians will ​be banned from drinking ​alcohol in public from midday onwards on ‌Friday ⁠in order to ⁠try and ​curb the health issues arising ​from the heatwave gripping France and much ​of Europe, ⁠the head ‌of ​the Paris ​police said ⁠on Thursday."I will publish an ​edict this evening which ​will ban the consumption of alcohol in public from tomorrow ‌midday onwards. As you know, drinking ​alcohol with ​the ⁠sun beating down can have a devastating effect," Paris ​police chief Patrice Faure told BFM TV.