Getting your player ready...
LONDON — The British Medical Association lobbied Thursday for higher taxes on alcohol, an end to happy hours and a steep reduction in the permitted blood-alcohol limit for drivers.
A report by the group said new laws were needed to combat an epidemic of alcohol misuse that is costing health and law enforcement services billions of dollars a year.
Britain is among the hardest-drinking countries in Europe, and the country’s alcohol-related death rate almost doubled between 1991 and 2005 — from 6.9 to 12.9 per 100,000 people.
