‘Get tough’ on booze sales to kids 
SHOP owners or licensees who sell alcohol to under-18s should be named and shamed, a Glasgow MSP said today.
by Brian Currie - Evening Times
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Drinks giant attacks plans to combat alcohol abuse
Distilling boss says SNP plans are unfair and do not target real problem drinkers
By Colin Donald, Business Editor, Sunday Herald
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One in five stores sell alcohol to underage children 
Almost one fifth of off-licences and other shop premises have been caught selling drink to under-age children in the first six months of the test purchasing scheme.
by Lucy Adams - The Herald
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Police launch drink, drug, driving blitz 
A SUMMER crackdown on drink drivers has been launched today with a series of high-visibility police patrols across the west of Scotland.
by Jonathan Paisley
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Figures show hospital drink cases 
Ministers are consulting on plans to tackle the country's alcohol culture
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Police chief gets behind booze battle 
THE head of Scotland's largest police force is backing plans that could cut access to cheap booze.
by John McCann - Evening Times - 20/06/08
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It's end for cheap booze 
RADICAL plans to change tactics in Scotland's battle with the bottle will start with young consumers and look at pricing them out of drinking too much, often using methods familiar to smokers.
by John McCann - Evening Times
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Price war on cheap brands to beat binge drinking 
HOUSEHOLD brands of wine, spirits and cider face sharp price increases under draconian measures outlined by ministers yesterday to break Scotland's drink culture.
Robbie Dinwoodie & Carolyn Churchill-Glasgow Herald
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Scots drink and drugs deaths twice UK average 
SCOTS are twice as likely to kill themselves - or someone else - than people in the rest of the UK because of alcohol or drug abuse, research shows today.
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Under-21s set for carry-out booze ban
THE age limit for buying alcohol from off-sales and supermarkets in Scotland could be raised to 21.
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