Abstract
Industry sales figures suggest Scotland has the eighth highest alcohol consumption level in the world.' This result, based on a World Health Organization report, focuses on what Scotland's main alcohol related problems are. Both Scottish economy and people seem to depend on alcohol. Indeed, high alcohol sales are partly caused by tourists. The only whisky industry weighs £800 million on the Scottish economy, and supports 41,000 jobs. Economic sectors depend heavily on the liquor trade. But the Scots also seem to be dependent on it too. According to the charity Alcohol Focus Scotland, 1,277,000 people in Scotland are drinking hazardously or harmfully. So the question on the alcohol problem in Scotland might be, how to combine efficient public health policies while maintaining the sector jobs in this time of crisis? What programs should be implemented to fight 'the scourge of Scotland', high alcohol consumption?
