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New SHAAP report ‘Dying for a drink’ to be launched, 26th October 2018

On 26th October at RCPE, SHAAP will launch its new report, ‘Dying for a drink’, commissioned by the Scottish Government, that discusses alcohol deaths in...

EU support for alcohol recovery

Netherlands campaigner calls for new thinking about how to support recovering alcoholics through the long term in the run-up to 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference...

SHAAP response to Scottish Government’s draft alcohol and drug strategy

Read SHAAP’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on its draft alcohol and drug strategy in October 2018

‘Dying for a drink’: Invitation to launch of new report

SHAAP invites you to the launch of a new report delivered to the Scottish Government on causes of, and contributory factors to alcohol-related deaths in...

SHAAP/SARN ‘Alcohol Occasionals’ 2018/19: Booking now open

SHAAP/SARN’s free lunchtime seminars 2018/19 on the theme of ‘Alcohol and Recovery’ are now open for booking. Register here

Government policy key to reducing alcohol harms, say experts

Dr Eric Carlin, Director of SHAAP, says in an article in The Scotsman that price alone is not enough to tackle the harms caused by...

Could enlightenment thinking solve Scotland’s drink problem?

Watch the video and read the article in The Scotsman about how an ‘Enlightenment’ approach could help solve Scotland’s alcohol problem, to be considered at the...

Letter from Glasgow to India re MUP in Scotland

Read SHAAP Steering Group Member Harpreet Kohli’s letter re MUP in Scotland published in the National Medical Journal of India.

The hidden harms of drink

Dr Peter Rice, Chair of SHAAP Steering Group and former consultant psychiatrist with NHS Tayside, explains the long term implications of excessive drinking in the...

Report shows clear gender bias in way drinking is reported

Read the third Scotsman article in advance of the 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference in November on how men’s and women’s drinking is reported differently...

SHAAP submission: Public Health (Alcohol)(Ireland) Bill 2015

Read SHAAP’s response to the European Commission’s consultation on the Public Health (Alcohol) (Ireland) Bill 2015 in relation to labelling, advertising and the broadcast watershed.

SHAAP/SARN ‘Alcohol Occasionals’ seminar series 2018/19: Call for proposals

The new series focusses on ‘Alcohol and Recovery’; we are inviting proposals for presentations here.