SOCIAL COST OF DRINKING TOTALS LITTLE BETTER THAN NONSENSE
Devastating broadside from prominent alcohol expert argues that estimates that drinking imposes
billions of pounds of costs on society are so value-laden and bloated that their main use is as
propaganda. Policies like increasing the price of drink may be justified on other grounds, but not
by a misleadingly precise cost or cost reduction figure.
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