Barley is widely grown in Scotland and is one of the main ingredients of whisky, which is made in distilleries.

Scotland’s heavy use of alcohol means that people in Scotland, particularly Glasgow, are twice as likely to suffer an alcohol related death than those in the rest of the UK.

45 Scots per week die because of alcohol misuse.

Binge drinking is very common in Scotland and can often lead to large numbers of alcohol related crime and violence. Scots need to be 18 years old to buy alcohol. In Glasgow it is illegal to drink alcohol in the street at any age and can result in arrest.