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Strategic consultation on alcohol: reaction updates
Friday, September 05, 2008
Update
“‘Thousands’ oppose booze ban plan” BBC
Following posted on 25.06.08
“Fresh attack on SNP’s alcohol plans ahead of parliament debate” Evening News
“Fife MSP launches drinks petition” BBC
“Alcohol misuse plans bring backlash” Press and Journal
“Ignore the scare stories – alcohol crackdown would do us all good” ScotsmanFollowing posted on 22.06.08
“Plans to tackle binge drinking ‘Draconian’” Courier
“Resistance to booze ban law” Evening News
“Police chief gets behind booze battle” Evening Times
“Off-licence ban pointless if bars can sell to teens” Evening Times
“A saviour of Scottish souls – or Minister MacAskilljoy?” Scotsman
“Who will police booze and sex crime?” Times
“Our booze blues” Sunday Herald
“Our booze blues: case study” Sunday Herald
“Our booze blues: Why do we drink and can the government stop us?” Sunday Herald
“This age-old affair with the bottle must end” Sunday Herald
“Annabel Goldie criticises SNP’s “national alcohol tax"” STVFollowing posted on 19.06.08
“Drinks trade warns crackdown will cost all consumers and cut choice” Scotsman
“Alcohol crackdown: the catch” Scotsman
“It’s end for cheap booze” Evening Times
“City cops lift 3000 drunks” Evening Times
“‘Tarred with the same brush’” Times
“Drinkers to face ‘walk of shame’ at supermarket checkouts” Times
“Price rise for target drinks in booze culture crackdown” Scotsman
“Tough measures are what alcohol abuse requires” Scotsman
“Stiff measure of alcohol laws may be too much to stomach” Scotsman
“Police hail scheme to halt alcohol sales to under-18s” Press and Journal
“SNP attacked over ‘absurd’ plans to tackle binge drinking” Press and Journal
“Calling time on cheap deals” Herald
“Drink culture” Herald
“Price war on cheap brands to beat binge drinking” Herald
“Booze ban increase to under-21s is wrong, blasts Ross Finnie” Daily Record
“Tough new rules on the sale of booze in Scotland revealed” Daily Record
“Fierce opposition to drink plans” Courier
“Alcohol legislation: ‘People not part of the problem will be punished’” Evening News
“Government seeks views on alcohol laws” Law Society Journal OnlineFollowing posted on 17.06.08
“Under-21s set for carry-out booze ban” Evening Times
“This is no cure for underage drinking” Guardian
“Plan to ban under-21s from buying off-sales alcohol” Herald
“Warning of legal action over bid to set price of alcohol” Herald
“Zero tolerance of under-18 drink sales must be worth a try” Scotsman
“Political unrest over drink plan” BBC
“Plan for ‘minimum priced’ alcohol” BBC
“Underage drinking ‘will not stop’” BBC
“Affluent drinkers are ‘in denial’” BBCFollowing posted on 16.06.08
“Booze blitz: off-sales ban for under 21s” Scotsman
“Does Scotland want to end its booze addiction?” Scotsman
“Scotland’s drink problem” Scotsman
“SNP launches blitz on discount alcohol” Times
“Party’s over for young binge-drinkers” Times
“Scotland to raise drink-buying age” Times
“Age limit for buying alcohol to be raised to 21” Sunday Mail
“Off-licence age could rise to 21” BBCPress release
“Action on Scotland’s drink ‘time bomb’” Scot.Gov.
See also
Changing Scotland’s relationship with alcohol: a discussion paper on our strategic approach (June 2008)
Scottish Government web page on alcohol policy
Coalition Against Raising the Drinking Age in Scotland (CARDAS)Also
Posted by MM
on Fri 5th Sep 2008
at 7:20 am
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