Medscape (Sweden) - Alcohol
Abuse More Detrimental to the Female Brain
Alcohol abuse appears to be much more detrimental to the
female brain than to the male brain, new research suggests. Investigators from
the multidisciplinary Gothenburg Alcohol Research Project in Sweden found that
after 4 years of excessive drinking, women experienced the same loss of
serotonergic function that occurred in men who had been abusing alcohol for 12
years.
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The Local.se (Sweden) - Half
of Swedes 'unsure' if they have driven drunk
Some 46 percent of Swedes are uncertain whether they have
drunk too much when they get behind the wheel, according to a new survey
carried out by a major insurance company.
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Stockholm News (Sweden) - Police: We can’t get rid of pub violence
The police can not reduce pub violence more than marginally.
This because of Swedish drinking culture and the availability of alcohol.
Efforts are now concentrated on keeping such crime at a "reasonable"
level.
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Baltic Business News (Estonia) - Researcher: Estonia should triple alcohol excise duty
Indrek Saar writes in his doctor’s thesis that the alcohol
taxation rate that was introduced in 2009 is notably below the optimum level.
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The Guardian (UK) - Alcohol-induced
liver problems soar among young adults
There has been a huge increase in the number of young adults
treated in hospital for serious liver problems brought on by drinking too much,
NHS figures show.
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American Medical News - Avoiding
alcohol in adolescence may reduce breast cancer risk
Drinking alcohol during adolescence has been linked to an
increased risk of breast cancer, especially for girls with a family history of
the disease, a study says.
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RTE.ie (Ireland) - Alcohol
tops drug-related deaths
Alcohol accounted for the greatest number of drug-related
deaths in Ireland between 2004 and 2009.
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The Atlantic (Italy) - A
Sobering Look at Alcohol: 10-Year Study Finds High Death Rate
A number of studies in the past few years have suggested
health benefits from drinking small or moderate amounts of alcohol. This can
encourage people to look at alcohol almost as if it's medicine. A recent study
of alcohol use in Italy paints a much more sobering picture.
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CBC.ca (Canada) - B.C.
drunk-driving law could be overturned
The B.C. Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on
whether the province's tough new drunk-driving law violates constitutional
rights. Described as the strictest impaired driving law in Canada, the B.C.
Motor Vehicle Act's automatic roadside driving prohibition clause allows police
to issue roadside suspensions, impound cars and levy fines in the hundreds of
dollars for drivers with a blood alcohol level of 0.05 or higher.
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The Economist (Scotland) - The battle of the bottle
SATURDAY nights in most British cities are high-spirited,
but in Glasgow they are the stuff of legend. Some 75,000 people stream through
its streets, crowding into pubs and clubs. After the bouncers push their last
all-but-senseless clients out of the door, and the last punch-up outside a
chippy is dispersed by the Strathclyde police, pavements lie deserted under a
dense coating of fag ends and glass shards. Over a thousand people will have
been admitted to accident and emergency units.
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Fin24 (South Africa) - Minister
calls for alcohol ban at functions
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has called on
her government colleagues to lead by example and ban alcohol at all state
functions, City Press reported on Sunday.
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New Zealand Herald (Australia/New Zealand) - Fetal harm warnings likely for alcohol
labels
Alcoholic drinks in New Zealand and Australia could soon
carry health warnings aimed at pregnant women and their unborn babies. The
Australian Government indicated this week that it will aim for compulsory
warnings in two years as part of a transtasman agreement on food labelling
standards.
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RIA Novosti (Ingushetia) - Ingushetia MPs seek alcohol ban on Thursdays, Fridays
Lawmakers of Ingushetia’s outgoing parliament voted for the
first reading of a bill to ban alcohol sales in the predominantly Moslem
Russian republic on Friday, the local government’s spokeswoman said.
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Irish Independent (Ireland) - Alcohol locks and tracking devices planned for drivers who flout law
DRIVERS who repeatedly flout road-traffic laws face the
prospect of having tracking devices and alcolocks installed in their vehicles.
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ABC Online (Australia) - Declaring homes alcohol free could reduce violence
For some, it's an everyday reality - the walls are smashed
as a fist goes through or there are holes or marks where a chair has been
thrown.
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The Independent (UK) - Editor-At-Large:
Let's sober up – and stand up to booze industry bullies
It's that time of year again – pubs and pizzerias full of
gurning office workers wearing paper hats and pulling crackers, downing house
plonk by the bucket load, all in the name of seasonal good cheer. Later
there'll be puke in the gutters and piss on the back walls of buildings up and
down the land.
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