Opinion - Alcohol abuse: 'There is no short-term fix for the problem'
Saturday, 10th May 2008

THE SNP is right to be concerned over the levels of alcohol abuse in Scotland. It is not surprising that it has identified curtailing binge drinking as its number one health priority.

And if the legacy of the last government in terms of improving the nation's health was to ban smoking in public places, the new government could cement its place in history were it able to even arrest the growth in the country's booze culture, as for the moment eradicating it seems just too much to ask.

Without doubt one of the biggest problems it faces is that children are falling prey to alcohol at a younger age than ever. Today the Evening News reveals that every month one child under the age of 12 is detained overnight in hospital in the Lothians to be treated for the effects of excess alcohol consumption.
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