What Is the Most Pressing Public Health Problem in Scotland?

Published December 20, 2013

Question by asphyxia: What is the most pressing public health problem in Scotland?
What do you think?I think it is binge drinking,alcoholism and drug abuse?What do you think has contributed to this problem and what measures do you think has the government and the NHS have taken to combat this problem.Have all the methods failed or is there still hope.Exact details and statistics welcome.

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Answer by paris_capulet
the highlanders

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