Keith Humphreys and Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff on science and developing alcohol policy in Britain

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591
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Events And Seminars
DATE ADDED:
24-03-2013
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Professor Keith Humphreys, discusses the role of science in developing alcohol policy. Arguing that policy should be about values, not simply science, he presents three areas in which evidence can, nonetheless, strongly inform the debate.

Baroness Finlay de Llandaff also argues that the implementation of the 2012 Alcohol Strategy has been slow and more needs to be done to enforce existing legislation.



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1) Keith Humphreys and Jonathan Caulkins Guardian 2012
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