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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Booze blitz: off-sales ban for under 21s


15 June 2008
By Eddie Barnes
Political Editor

UNDER 21s will be banned from buying alcohol at supermarkets and off licences under a controversial plan to shake-up Scotland's drink laws.

Ministers want to stop teenagers buying cheap alcohol and believe a three-year increase in the age limit will reduce the nation's chronic drink-related violence and health problems.

A major action plan on alcohol will be unveiled on Tuesday by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill who has waged a campaign against Scotland's culture of drinking since taking over the job last year.
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