Scottish addiction expert calls for return to temperance.(drinking laws to be scrutinized)(Brief Article)

A study recently published in the Lancet suggests that nearly 3,000 Scots a year are dying from cirrhosis of the liver, a disease synonymous with chronic alcoholism, reported The Times on January 8. Leading alcohol and addiction expert Dr. Alasdair Young said that the increasing prevalence of this disease can only be corrected by a return to the spirit of temperance. Young believes that lax alcohol laws, combined with more pubs and cheaper alcohol, have created a culture that supports binge …