Alcohol related deaths rise to over 1,200 in Scotland last year

Figure is the highest number of deaths since 2008

There are calls for urgent action as alcohol-related deaths in Scotland reach their highest since 2008.

More than twelve hundred people died due to alcohol abuse last year. On average, people are dying before they’ve reached their 60th birthday with those in the most deprived areas six times as likely to die because of alcohol.

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