Getting old makes you cynical.

Drinkers who suffered the worst affects of alcoholism did not change their habits when Scotland's minimum pricing was introduced, a study has shown.

 

Public Health Scotland (PHS) reported minimum unit pricing (MUP) led to some people cutting back on food and energy.

 

All licensed premises have had to charge at least 50p per unit of alcohol since MUP was introduced in May 2018.

 

The Scottish government said it would review the final evaluation report from PHS before drawing conclusions.

 

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Well that just goes to tell you about the intelligence and life experience of our policy makers. - - - Price and risk have never been a good tools to tackle addiction.

In 1633 Turkey imposed the death penalty for smoking tobacco - it didn't stop it. The price of "hard drugs" just leads to crime; it doesn't solve the problem.

 

In my opinion it was just a money making exercise by the government.

 

The spirits industry contributes approximately 3% to total Scottish GDP (2020 GDP was about £163 Billion)

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