Minimum alcohol pricing would reduce drink-fuelled crime in Ireland and save a life every day, an addiction expert has claimed.
Tim Stockwell of the University of Victoria in Canada told a meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence, and Equality that there were significantly fewer alcohol-related crimes and deaths after minimum pricing was brought in in Canada.
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, and Prof Stockwell, director at the Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia, addressed the committee on alcohol-related crime and the potential of minimum pricing to reduce it.
Source: Evelyn Ring, Irish Examiner, 31/03/2014
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