Perthshire mental health advocate says the root of alcohol dependence is not being adequately addressed, contributing to a national rise in drink deaths.
Development manager at PLUS Perth and Kinross Susan Scott was responding to figures published earlier this month by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) which show a jump in Tayside of people dying from heath problems triggered by alcohol misuse and long-term drinking.
The data shows an overall 17 per cent rise in mortality - 1190 Scottish deaths in 2020, 170 greater than in 2019, when 1020 people died in circumstances specifically relating to problems with alcohol.
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