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Tayside Council on Alcohol chief gives full support to Scottish Government's minimum pricing plans
A leading expert on alcohol abuse in Tayside has backed the intentions of Scotland's health minister to tackle the nation's relationship with the bottle. (...)
Comrie drink-driver's alcohol consumption shocks sheriff
A drink-driver has admitted consuming 14 bottles of wine a week to drown out her money problems. (...)
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Crieff teenager's case seen as providing more evidence of need for minimum alcohol pricing
Health minister Nicola Sturgeon has reiterated the Scottish Government's determination to introduce alcohol price controls after a Crieff teenager was convicted of his first offence after a booze binge. (...)
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SNP urged to seize new chance to introduce minimum alcohol pricing
A leading expert on alcohol abuse in Tayside has urged the new Scottish Government to introduce minimum pricing on drink just months after a previous attempt to do so was rejected. (...)
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Under-age drinking 'cannot be stopped'
Anti-alcohol campaigners have warned that stringent police crackdowns and the many diversionary activities laid on to steer youngsters away from alcohol would never stop children "taking risks." (...)
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Growing fears for consequences of supermarket drink discounts
Alcohol support workers have warned that the increasing price divide between drinking at home and in licensed premises is changing the drinking habits of Scots for the worse. (...)
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Pressure mounts to set minimum price for alcohol
Prominent doctors, publicans, police officers and charity leaders from across Tayside and Fife have thrown their weight behind plans to introduce a minimum price per unit for alcohol in Scotland. (...)
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David Nutt's alcohol study backed by Scottish groups
Drugs and alcohol charities have thrown their weight behind a controversial new study which claims alcohol is more harmful than heroin. (...)
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Scotland's 'kinship carers' on the rise but lack of support is felt
Relatives who take on the responsibility of looking after a family member's child are being denied the vital support given to foster carers, a report published today claims. (...)
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Report shows Scots are UK's heaviest drinkers
The depth of Scotland's drinking problem has been revealed in a report that shows Scots drink an average of 100 pints of beer more each year than other Britons. (...)
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Tayside alcohol advertising crackdown call
Tayside Council on Alcohol (TCA) has backed calls to limit the amount of advertising and promotion around alcohol in a bid to change Scotland's cultural attitudes to binge drinking. (...)
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