Alcohol is a drug which can (and does) cause harm if misused. Legislation has existed for centuries to try and mitigate some of the problems caused by this drug. There is legislation that makes being drunk and incapable of looking after yourself in public an offence; there is legislation that controls the production of alcohol but this section of the website is concerned with the legislation that controls the sale of alcohol - currently the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/16/contents. Note that there is a raft of Regulations and Statutory Instruments which add to the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 and there have also been some amendments created by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 and the Alcohol Etc (Scotland) Act 2010.