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Increase the MUP or some Scots are going to drink themselves to death!

Samuelcoldstream I’ve also never forgotten what a colleague once said: “Alcohol is a poison. If you drink too much of it – either at once or over time – it will kill you and whenever you get drunk – even just a little bit merry – you are experiencing the first stages of death.” A sobering thought.

Norton Lux Deprivation causing drink and drugs? Or drink and drugs causing deprivation?

Andrew Macaulay Surely it’s time for the virtuesignalling politicians who back minimum pricing to look closer to home and get rid of subsidised alcohol in the bars of Holyrood. It seems nauseating for them to shout for minimum pricing whilst getting their own fix cheap at the taxpayers’ expense.

Auld Reekie I’d like to see some simple graphs that show quantities of alcohol consumed by age, by sex and by class. If these figures represent averages, some people must be consuming an enormous amount because my family and friends consume very little and I know several people who don’t consume any at all.

Bramley I think most of the child poverty and deprivation that we hear about is the direct result of parents being too smashed out of their minds to feed, clothe and house their children. All they care about is the next fix or the next drink.

old clothes and porridge Putting up the price of alcohol is not addressing the problem. The SG should be asking why do some become alcoholics, what are the underlying problems? This is just a quick “fix” that doesn’t work. Some start as social drinkers but then can’t handle the amount they drink, others drink to excess for all kinds of reasons.

Jomydo In Peterhead we used to have a trolley on which were