Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - Risky drinking among baby boomers sees them make up half of
hospital alcohol admissions
“Risky drinking”
among baby boomers has left them accounting for almost half of
alcohol-related hospital admissions, experts have warned.
Business Day
(South Africa) - Easy access to alcohol and drugs is driving crime
in Cape Town and Durban
The availability
of alcohol and its role in fuelling crime has come under scrutiny, in
a new report released on Wednesday.
ABC Online - Does
one drink a day damage your health?
The idea low-level
drinking is good for your health is actually a myth, says Professor
Tanya Chikritzhs, from Curtin University's National Drug Research
Institute.
The Guardian -
Baby boomers' drink and drug misuse needs urgent action, warn
experts
By 2020, the
number of over-50s receiving treatment for substance misuse problems
is expected to double in Europe and treble in the US, say
researchers.
Reuters - Alcohol
may impair tired drivers even if they aren’t drunk
People with blood
alcohol levels below the legal cutoff for being considered drunk may
still be unsafe drivers if they’re also sleep deprived, a small
experiment suggests.
Daily Mail - Is
this the most obvious study conclusion ever? Teenagers who end up in
manual labour jobs drink MORE alcohol as they end up in the pub
rather than at home revising
Teenagers who want
to settle as bricklayers drink more alcohol than those seeking a
promising career as a banker, a study suggests.
Terre Haute
Tribune Star (USA) - Alcohol panel members often accept liquor
lobby dollars
Every member of
the Indiana General Assembly will likely deal with alcohol
legislation at some point. Many also accept campaign contributions
from the alcohol lobby.
Times of Malta
(Turkmenistan) - Alcohol pulled off the shelves in Turkmenistan's
capital
Alcohol stores
have been closed down and alcoholic products taken off the shelves of
shops in the capital of Turkmenistan ahead of a major international
athletic completion next month.
dailytelegraph.com.au
(Australia) - Attacks against paramedics often fuelled by alcohol
and drugs: NSW Ambulance
FOR paramedics on
the front line, aggression and abuse from patients is not an uncommon
experience.
Harvard Health -
Gender equality? Not when it comes to alcohol and the brain
Gender differences
in the brain's reward system could mean that women who need help
kicking alcohol may need different types of treatment.
Independent Online
(South Africa) - MEC halts plan to sell alcohol at schools
Basic Education
Minister Angie Motshekga has requested that the brakes be put on
buying and selling booze at Western Cape schools until she meets
Education MEC Debbie Schäfer.
EurekAlert - CAMH
study shows global estimates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder among
children
Globally, nearly
eight out of every 1,000 children in the general population is
estimated to have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), according
to a new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Cross-border booze appeal a chance to hit reset on interprovincial
trade, MP says
A Conservative MP
in British Columbia is urging Canadians to contact their members of
Parliament about the New Brunswick case involving cross-border
alcohol limits that heads to the Supreme Court of Canada in December.
Cyprus Mail
(Cyprus) - State getting tough on alcohol sale to under-18s
One of the
anti-drugs council’s (ASK) top priorities is tackling underage
drinkers’ easy access to alcohol by increased checks and stricter
application of the law, a senior official from the council said on
Wednesday.
Medical Xpress -
Regular pub binge drinkers are more likely to be violent
People who admit
to regularly binge drinking at the pub are more prone to have acted
violently in the past 12 months, according to my new research. The
findings raise questions about what strategies can be used to reduce
alcohol-related violence and suggest promise for measures to modify
alcohol pricing and taxation as well as restrictions on pub licences.
The Conversation -
The seven tactics unhealthy industries use to undermine public
health policies
Across Africa
there are examples of governments trying to introduce policies that
improve health, and protect the environment only to find their
efforts undermined by unhealthy corporations, and their industry
associations.
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