UPI.com
(Sweden) – Pot growing up, moonshine down in Sweden
Stockholm police
said they have noticed a spike in the popularity of home-based
marijuana farming while alcohol bootlegging has decreased.
The Foreigner
(Norway) - Half of adults drink in front of children
50 percent of
adults drink in front of children each day despite three out of four
believing it wrong to do so, according to a survey.
NPR (Tunisia) -
Once Tolerated, Alcohol Now Creates Rift In Tunisia
The other night we
stopped at a Tunisian hotel, a clean and modest place with features
that reminded me of an old Holiday Inn where my family stayed as a
kid. At first it seemed the main difference was that, being in
Tunisia, the hotel was next door to the ancient ruins of a
magnificent Roman temple.
New York Daily
News - Alcohol abuse could be a red flag for sexual confusion
among college students
Alcohol abuse
could be a red flag for sexual confusion among college students,
suggests a new study correlating drinking problems with sexual
orientation.
Fox News - Even
moderate drinking may disrupt sleep
One drawback of
moderate drinking could be that it keeps you up at night, a new study
suggests. When college students in the study drank relatively low
doses of alcohol, they got less sleep than they did on nights when
they didn't drink at all, the researchers said.
TheHeart.Org -
Alcohol may trigger AF episodes
Results of a new
study suggest that patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF)
should avoid consuming alcohol to reduce the risk of AF episodes, but
the exact link between alcohol and arrhythmias is still poorly
understood.
BusinessWeek
(Russia) - Russia May Ban Alcohol Advertising on Internet,
Vedomosti Says
Russia may
prohibit the advertising of alcoholic drinks on the Internet,
Vedomosti reported, citing Igor Rudensky, the chairman of a state
duma committee.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Defining alcohol abuse sparks debate
Removing alcohol
abuse from psychiatry's diagnostic bible is drawing fire. Proposed
changes for the DSM-5 include merging alcohol dependence and abuse
categories into a single diagnosis: substance abuse disorder.
decanter.com (UK)
- Health lobby wants alcohol sponsorship ban
A powerful
alliance of health professionals wants a French-style ban on
alcoholic drinks advertising on television and at sports events in
the UK.
Science Daily -
Statistical Model Attempting to Estimate Level of Alcohol
Consumption That Is 'Optimal' for Health
Cutting the amount
we drink to just over half a unit a day could save 4,600 lives a year
in England, according to a modelling study by Oxford University
researchers published in the journal BMJ Open.
The Copenhagen
Post (Denmark) - FC Copenhagen and Carlsberg accused of promoting
alcohol to kids
Alcohol watchdog
Alkohol & Samfund is accusing FC Copenhagen, one of Danish
professional sport's most visible teams, of promoting alcohol to
children at schools and on the internet by organising a programme in
which players visit schools in Greater Copenhagen to meet children,
sign autographs and have their pictures taken with them.
News-Medical.net -
Drinking alcohol linked to skin disorder
Regularly drinking
alcohol, particularly in higher quantities, appears to increase the
risk for developing psoriasis, the results of a Chinese study
suggest.
ABC Online
(Australia) - Health service cites widespread grog-related harm
The WA Country
Health Service says the rates of hospitalisation for alcohol-related
conditions are significantly higher in the Goldfields than in other
parts of the state.
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