Minimum Unit Pricing & increased drug use

Published: Aug. 2, 2022, 6:15 a.m.

b'The introduction of minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland has driven some people to turn to cheap street drugs instead. \\n\\nThat\\u2019s the warning from health experts from The Scottish Drugs Forum, after it emerged that the country remains the drug death capital of Europe. \\n Given the introduction of minimum unit pricing earlier this year, should we be concerned about similar unintended consequences on our waters? \\n\\nSpeaking to Newstalk Breakfast this morning, Dr Garrett McGovern is Medical Director at the Priority Medical Clinic in\\u202fDundrum.'