Drink abuse costs Scots £3.56bn

Jan 12 2010

Alcohol abuse costs Scots taxpayers around £3.56 billion a year, a report has said.

Healthcare costs were £268.8 million and crime costs were put at £727.1 million by the report.

The calculations also included the human cost - suffering caused by premature deaths - which the researchers put at £1.46 billion of the £3.65 billion total.