Those statistics are a real eye opener.
When you add up all the costs of crime plus NHS incurred costs I wonder if they outweigh the income generated by alcohol tax and duty.
I'm in no way suggesting a banI enjoy a drink.
I'm sure there must be other ways to both increase income from alcohol and to also significantly reduce costs to the public purse.
Maybe, increasing the legal age to drink alcohol from 18 to 21 could be one strategy?
I read somewhere that even the Romans complained bitterly about the level of drinking in Britannia:
