The
Guardian (UK) - How
British ‘cafe culture’ drinks revolution ended in failure
The extension of
licensing hours in England and Wales has triggered a rise in binge
drinking and an associated increase in mental and physical health
problems, according to new research.
Huffington Post - My
Struggle With Alcohol: Why I Said Goodbye
When I quit
drinking, outer appearances said I still had it all together. My
life, family and career were intact and fully functional. Like so
many problem drinkers—especially mothers—I didn’t fit the
alcoholic stereotypes.
Express.co.uk
(Germany) - Boozed
up migrants BANNED from bringing alcohol into camps
GERMAN authorities
are clamping down on asylum seekers bringing alcohol into their camps
- claiming booze is fuelling violence and sex crimes among Muslims
unused to drinking.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - Alcohol
should not be promoted as a risk-free gateway to good cheer
Three people will
die in Irish hospitals today from alcoholism. On the way to the
funeral parlour there’s a good chance they will pass large
billboards promoting the wonders of drinking.
Toronto Sun (Canada)
- Time
for zero blood alcohol limit when driving?
For the next two or
three decades, I partied, and drove, partied and drove. Never got
caught. Never crashed. Never hurt anybody. There must have been close
calls, though. I hate to think.
Newser (USA) -
Americans
Name Drug They Fear Most—and It's Legal
The second deadliest
drug in the US after tobacco is similarly legal, and claims more
lives than all illicit drugs combined with 88,000 deaths a year.
ABC Online
(Australia) - Health
policy experts call for overhaul of alcohol tax
Health experts are
calling on the Federal Government to implement major reforms to
alcohol tax, arguing that the changes are long overdue.
BBC News (UK) -
York's
alcohol-related hospital admissions up more than a third
The number of
hospital admissions involving alcohol in York has increased by more
than a third in six years, Public Health England says.
South African
Broadcasting Corporation (South Africa) - South
Africans urged to unite against alcohol abuse
Transport Deputy
Minister, Sindisiwe Chikunga says the abuse of alcohol is a major
problem in South Africa. Be it in respect of road fatalities, crime
and social issues.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - ‘Often
by the time the patient reaches us, the alcohol damage is
irreversible’
What attracted me to
gastroenterology as a specialty was the wide range of diseases that
present to us, from acute emergencies to the management of chronic
gastrointestinal disorders, meaning that each week in the hospital is
different.
Out-Law.com (UK) -
Action
on alcohol to form part of UK's 'modern crime prevention strategy'
Better partnerships
and more effective information-sharing at the local level will be
needed to reduce alcohol-related crime and disorder, the government
has said.
RAPSI (Russia) -
Russian
courts closed 156 alcohol-selling websites in five-month period
Russian courts
satisfied more than 114 lawsuits over online sales of alcohol and
ordered to close 156 websites and webpages in a five-month period,
RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday.
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