According to BBC Health, a report by MPs has called for an overhaul of government policy to curb excessive drinking. The report says that a minimum price of 50p per unit of alcohol could save over 3,000 lives a year.
Alcohol abuse in England and Wales kills approx 40,000 people and costs the UK around £55bn every year.
Read more via this link – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8446799.stm
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