Alcohol Research Group

The Alcohol Research Group was based at the University of Edinburgh and was set up with funding from the Scotch Whisky Association in 1978. It later received core funding between 1990-95 from the drink industry funded Portman Group. Controversy dogged the group as a result of conflicts of interest connected to the funding relations with the drinks industry.

People

Martin Plant | John Duffy

Funding

According to Martin Plant the Group was in receipt of funding from the following sources:

Between 1978 and 1990 it received core funding from the Scotch Whisky Association. Since 1990 core funding has been provided by the Portman Group. The activities of the ARG have also been supported by the AIDS Education and Research Trust, the Alcohol Education and Research Council, the Bank of Scotland, the Brewers' Society, the Department of Transport, the Economic and Social Research Council, Ethicon Ltd, the Gannochy Trust, William Grant and Sons Ltd, the Health Education Board for Scotland, the Home Office, the Hope Trust, the Bill Kenyon Education Trust, Lothian Regional Council, Marks and Spencer PLC, MacGregor and Company, the Medical Council on Alcoholism, the [[Medical Research Council[[, the Mental Health Foundation, Renewal Clinics, the Robertson Trust, the Scottish Health Education Group, the Scottish Office, the Wellcome Trust, the Western Isles Health Board, the World Health Organization, and by two anonymous charities.

Resources

• Plant, M. (1988) 'Edinburgh: The alcohol research group'. British Journal of Addiction, 83 (4). pp. 351-358. ISSN 0952-0481.
• Jonathan Rhys Evans [http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/500-000-aid-for-alcohol-research-1.605972 #500,000 aid for alcohol research Glasgow Herald, Thursday 26 October 1989.