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Saturday, 28th November 2009

Alcohol & binge drinking

'While Labour talks, people die' rages drink-row Sturgeon THE health secretary claimed yesterday that Labour's failure to back the SNP's flagship proposal on minimum alcohol pricing would cost Scottish lives.

Tackling alcohol abuse needs action on many fronts AN OVERRIDING requirement of legislation is that it does what its promoters seek to achieve. No less important is that legislation is drafted with care and consideration, to avoid unintended side effects. These are the issues that should be at the he

MSPs set to reject law on alcohol pricing LANDMARK legislation that would have introduced minimum prices for alcohol will not become law, after Labour revealed it would not support the move.

Richard Simpson: Minimum pricing is not the answer to our booze culture SCOTLAND'S hard-drinking culture is a national disgrace. We have the eighth highest alcohol consumption level in the world. Alcohol-related mortality has doubled in the past 15 years and the increase in the rate of liver disease is scary.

Drink and drug use 'endemic' among many young drivers

Irvine Welsh targets cheap booze

Crackdown on drink prices 'will send shoppers flocking to England'

Teens raid drinks cabinets for kicks

Judge's horror at drunken teenage torture

Raising alcohol price to 60p a unit would save 900 lives a year – expert

Synthetic booze bid for Scotland

He'll drink to that: Why isn't anyone cheering for synthetic alcohol?

Open minds required

Call for drunk tanks in towns

Drink watchdog set to call time on strongest beer ever brewed in UK

Scots twice as likely to fear drinking parents

Drinks price law set to be diluted

Minimum drink price plan will die without Labour backing

Drink prices crackdown 'to hit whisky exports for £600 million'

Only cheapest booze hit by pricing plans

It's enough to drive you to … England

Proposed minimum pricing on alcohol may lead to shoppers stocking up in England, says industry body

Binge-drinking habits blamed on the parents

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