Double drink prices, urge doctors - By Celia Hall, Medical Editor (Filed: 05/03/2004) Doctors called yesterday for the price of alcohol to be almost doubled in an attempt to reduce the harm caused by excessive drinking. The Academy of Medical Sciences, an independent body of senior doctors and researchers, has concluded that attitudes to drinking need to change. Click to enlarge The best way to cut the amount people drink is to limit the affordability and availability of alcohol, they say. The doctors' leader, Prof Sir Michael Marmot, said: "Alcohol is a good friend and a bad enemy. We are...