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Daily Record
National
Debbie Hall

Death from alcohol abuse in West Lothian at highest level in nearly twenty years

The number of people dying as a result of alcohol abuse in West Lothian has soared to the highest level in 18 years.

Alcohol-related deaths in the county spiked during the two years of lockdown restrictions and are the highest they have been since 2003.

In 2021, 40 people died as a result of alcohol abuse, while in the year before 45 people died.

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