Alcohol Misuse

EDM number 580 in 2009-10, proposed by Stewart Hosie on 12/01/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Alcoholism.

That this House notes the study by York Health Economics Consortium, University of York, which reveals the impact of alcohol misuse on families, public services and the economy; further notes that the research, which looked at the impact across the NHS, police, social services, the economy and on families, estimated the total annual cost of alcohol misuse could be costing Scottish taxpayers around £3.56 billion per year, equivalent to £900 per year for every Scottish adult; believes that alcohol misuse is not only a burden on our health service and police, but that it also has a terrifying knock-on effect on economic potential and on the families devastated by death and illness caused by alcohol; welcomes the Scottish Government's Alcohol Bill which includes a package of evidence-based measures to get to grips with this issue, including minimum pricing to combat the cheap ciders, lagers and low-grade spirits favoured by problem drinkers; and welcomes the support these proposed measures have received from a broad coalition including the four chief medical officers of the UK, the British Medical Association, the Royal Colleges, Church of Scotland, Association of Chief Police Officers of Scotland and the Scottish Licensed Trade Association.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.