Adults in Scotland are drinking the equivalent of 46 bottles of vodka each in a year, a study has suggested. The research was based on industry sales data analysed by NHS Health Scotland. It said sales for the year to September 2009 averaged 12.2 litres of pure alcohol per person over the age of 18. - Bonnie Foster

That's about a bottle of vodka every 8 days which is about 2 shots (or 1 cocktail) per day. It's not that astounding when you break it down like that. I think a more scary stat is that americans eat 40lbs of sugar per year which breaks down to a POUND every 9 days. - veo

Agree Veo. Seems horrific until you break it down. I have quite a few Scots in my family background but I don't drink the hard stuff...just a plain 'ol wino! - Bonnie Foster