Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol-related hospital outcomes: systematic review. BMJ open. 2023;13(2):e065220. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar So V et al. Intended and unintended consequences of the implementation of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland: a natural ...
Alcohol related deaths increased in Scotland during the pandemic, when restrictions meant fewer people were able to access treatment. An analysis from Public Health Scotland (PHS) found that total alcohol sales were 9% lower in 2020 compared with the average of the previous three years, mainly ...
Alcohol Deaths in Scotland at Double UK RateByline: SIMON JOHNSONDaily Mail (London)
The WHO (World Health Organisation)reports an estimated 3.3 million deaths each year globallyas a result of alcohol misuse, with 380 million people worldwide suffering from active addiction related to alcohol use [4]. Alcohol Use Disorder is least common in Africa, affecting only 1% of the popu...
Alcohol-related deaths are on the rise in the USA, with 72,558 deaths reported in 2017, more than double the number from 1999 [1]. Worldwide, there were nearly 3 million deaths related to the harmful use of alcohol, with increases seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic [2,3,4,5]. ...
professionals, and scientists to consider gender when planning research, analysis, interventions, and policies related to psychoactive substances, such as alcohol or other licit drugs. Forensic sciences can play a vital role in this regard, enabling a thorough analysis of gender gaps in different popu...
In Scotland, socioeconomic gradients (measured using area-level income deprivation) in alcohol-attributable deaths were slightly steeper with increasing off-premise alcohol outlet density (Richardson et al., 2015). However, this study did not find evidence of effect modification when using on-premise...
Toxicology of Scotland's drugs-related deaths in 2000-2007: presence of heroin, methadone, diazepam and alcohol by sex, age- group and era. Addict. Res. Theory 19, 170-178.Bird, S.M. y Robertson, R. (2011). Toxicology of Scotland's drugs-related deaths in 2000-2007: Presence of ...
decisions on funding services were not always evidence-based or linked to local need.Auditor General for Scotland Robert Black said:"A co-ordinated effort is needed by all agencies involved to make sure people get the support and treatment they need and also to find out which services work ...
There was no evidence to suggest that the Alcohol Act was associated with changes in the overall rate of alcohol‐related deaths [incidence rate ratio (IRR)?=?0.99, 95% confidence interval (CI)?=?0.91–1.07)] or hospital admissions (IRR?=?0.98, 95% CI?=?0.95–1.02) in Scotland. In...