YES - Lesley King-Lewis, chief executive, Action on Addiction
In the past, alcohol policies have been neglected, but we welcome the publication of the Government's Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy and hope that it will go some way towards reducing alcohol-related harm in the UK.
The Government has highlighted the importance of treatment for alcohol dependence, but more money should be invested in the seriously underfunded alcohol services. Only 95m a year is spent on alcohol services, compared with 500m on drugs.
Alcohol is a far greater problem in the UK, with more than 5,000 deaths directly attributable to alcohol and as many as 33,000 alcohol-related deaths a year. However, only just over 1,000 deaths are directly related to the use of illicit drugs.
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