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Monday, September 24, 2007

Tackling society's drug and alcohol crisis at its roots
The Scotsman Tue 25 Sep 2007

ALAN SINCLAIR

IF YOU have been in a city centre late on a Friday or Saturday, you won't have failed to notice the number of legless party-goers. If you have seen or taken part in the debauch, the fact that consumption of alcohol and illegal drugs is on the increase will come as no surprise. There is a creeping acceptance that bingeing on drink and drugs is just part of being Scottish, young and/or male. How can we change this deep-seated belief?

The Futures Unit of the Scottish Parliament has a remit to think further ahead than the electoral cycle and to get beyond party political boundaries. It is committed to understanding and severing the national obsession with drink and drugs and has set a challenge: how can Scotland reduce the damage to its population through alcohol and drugs by half by 2025?
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