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Cracking the bottle

scotland is gripped by a culture of excessive drinking. but can a new awareness campaign beat the booze?

A SEVEN-year-old caught drinking strong cider in a park. One million people regularly knocking back too much alcohol one night a week. The headlines of the past week have made uneasy reading when it comes to Scotland's binge-drinking culture.