Fake alcohol news

The BBC has still not corrected its story from Tuesday which falsely claimed that alcohol-related deaths are 'dropping in Scotland'. This fake news has been spread around the world by advocates of minimum pricing and will doubtless continue to do so. The BBC is, after all, a supposedly trusted source.

Scotland’s minimum unit pricing is indeed saving lives. Alcohol deaths falling in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 but rising in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿#MUPsaveslives #enoughNCDs

Alcohol death rates dropping in Scotland - BBC News https://t.co/4XdvKnXqya

— Nina @NCDAlliance (@ninawren) December 4, 2019

#Alcohol death rates dropping in Scotland as #MinimumUnitPricing takes effect. Let's have #MUP in Oz now; the new #NationalAlcoholStrategy agrees. @AnnastaciaMP @WillHodgman @GladysB @marshall_steven @MarkMcGowanMP @DanielAndrewsMP https://t.co/WG8V67uDdm

— The RACP (@TheRACP) December 5, 2019

Alcohol death rates dropping in Scotland https://t.co/RzgBysMfSv

— Chief Executive Alcohol & Drugs Action (@CEO_ADA) December 3, 2019

 

This is not an isolated example of the public being misled about what has happened in Scotland since minimum pricing was introduced. I've written a whole article about it for Spiked. Do have a read of it.