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We all know Scotland has a problem with alcohol, but it's often difficult to quantify. Well today we're able to put a figure on it: £5bn. That's what both drug and alcohol abuse is costing the Scottish economy every year. An out today says drink claimed 1,399 lives last year, while there were 455 drug deaths. Yet we're spending three times as much money treating drug abuse than alcohol-related problems.

So do we treat alcoholism seriously enough? Is there enough advice and treatment out there? And when it comes to prevention, what should our politicians do? They're on proposals from the Scottish Government to introduce a minimum pricing scheme, so what would your solution be?

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