MORE than a third of teenagers in Scotland are “binge-drinking†by the age of 13, say researchers. Some 35 per cent of school pupils drink to excess by their early teenage years, a study has found.
The Scottish Conservatives have made a major policy U-turn by supporting SNP plans for minimum pricing of alcohol.
A minimum price for a unit of alcohol came one step closer today with the publication of the Stage 1 report on the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill by the Health and Sport Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF Health proposals to introduce a minimum price for alcohol are compatible with EU law, a spokesman for the EU commissioner for health and consumer policy has said.
Many young people underestimate how much alcohol they drink, according to a University of Sussex-led study.