One of Scotland’s leading experts on alcohol policy, Dr Alastair MacGilchrist of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems, says the government does have options.
Now a debate is raging about what the Scottish and UK governments can actually do to tackle our country’s deadly relationship with the bottle.
Tax Duty on alcohol, which is set by the government in Westminster, is less successful at targeting problem drinkers. It increased last year, only the second time it has gone up in the last decade. “They never say exactly what that means. And it shifts the responsibility to the victim, rather than the supplier taking responsibility for the consequences of supplying alcohol.”
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