Medical Daily (Finland) - Just One
Alcoholic Drink a Day Could Lower Your Ability to Learn New Things
New study, from
researchers at Rutgers University and the University of Jyvaskyla in
Finland, has suggested that even moderate drinking could place
drinkers at risk. Lead author Megan Anderson and her colleagues state
that moderate drinking could place imbibers at risk for lower
production of brain cells and decreased ability for certain types of
learning.
Helsinki
Times (Finland) - The disadvantages of alcohol increased
five-fold in 20 years
“THE
disadvantages for society caused by drinking in Finland have
increased five-fold in 20 years, a yet unpublished study by the
University of Eastern Finland reports. This year alone will result in
a loss of a billion euro, as the loss is compared with Finland’s
gross domestic product. In 1990 the drinking deficit amounted to 212
million euro.
Norwegian
Institute of Public Health (Norway) - Alcohol plus medicine – a
dangerous combination in traffic
The accident risk
is very high if a driver combines alcohol with hypnotic or sedative
medicines. This is the finding from a recent study by researchers at
the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with Oslo
University Hospital, Ullevaal and the Norwegian Institute for Alcohol
and Drug Research.
Baltimore Sun
(USA) - Alcohol companies target African-American youth
It is no secret
that for decades, tobacco companies have filled disadvantaged
communities with advertising and marketing attracting generations of
young people of color to the products they peddle. A new report from
the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that alcohol companies are
taking a page from the tobacco industry's playbook.
BBC News (UK) -
Norwich alcohol sales ban proposed after crime rise
Reductions to
late-night drinking hours are a step closer in Norwich following a
vote by a city council committee.
AllAfrica.com
(South Africa) - South Africa: Alcohol Advertising Ban Still a Hot
Debate
The advertising
industry, civil society, academia and government, earlier this week,
deliberated on the issue of banning alcohol advertising in a heated
debate held in Johannesburg.
The Australian
(Australia) - Indigenous MPs call for choice on grog
ABORIGINAL members
of the Northern Territory parliament have spoken out in support of
returning control over grog restrictions to local communities.
GlobalPost (USA) -
Drug and alcohol problems in US rose by 70% over past decade:
study
The number of drug
and alcohol problems diagnosed by doctors in the US has increased 70
percent between 2001 and 2009, according to new research.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - MP defends proposed changes to alcohol law
Invercargill MP
Eric Roy has defended the Government's Alcohol Reform Bill but says
it does not always go far enough. The debate over the bill is
expected to take up to 27 hours, or three weeks, of Parliamentary
time, and feature a succession of unwhipped votes, where MPs do not
have to vote with their party.
The Independent
(UK) - Cheap alcohol is 'devastating' life in the North East
Doctors in the
North East of England have urged the Government to set a 50p minimum
price per unit on alcohol following concerns about its “devastating
impact” on the region's health.
BBC News
(Scotland) - Scottish minimum price law for alcohol tested in
court
The drinks
industry is going to court to challenge Scottish government plans for
a minimum price per unit of alcohol.
Scientific
American - Alcoholism and Social Exclusion
Treating
alcoholism is incredibly difficult on many levels. One of the most
difficult areas to deal with is social interaction, how people with
alcoholism can interact with others.
Coastal Times
(Canada) - Minimum pricing benefits not just small beer – study
THE evidence in
favour of minimum pricing for alcohol is so strong it is only a
matter of time before it is introduced, says the author of new
research finding the policy had drastic effects when it was
implemented overseas.
The Conversation
(Australia) - The government has it wrong on alcohol’s role in
chronic diseases
The Commonwealth
government looks set to lose its top position in preventative health
measures. Despite its world-first efforts on tobacco control, when
the government next steps onto the world stage, it will be not be as
a leader – its position on alcohol is out of step with the World
Health Organization and contrary to evidence.
RIA Novosti
(Russia) - Russia May Ban Cheap Wine
The Russian
government may set minimum prices for wines to compensate domestic
winemakers for rising world prices due to poor grape harvests in
Russia and Europe, Izvestia daily reported on Monday.
Fleet News Online
(France) - Car breathalyser fine enforcement delayed in France
until March 2013
Fines to enforce
the new law, which was introduced earlier this year, were due to come
into effect on 1st November, but this has now been delayed until
March 2013. At present, drivers including visitors from the UK face
caution if caught driving in France without the compulsory kit.
BBC News
(Scotland) - Scotland requests more drink-drive powers from UK
government
More powers over
drink-driving should be devolved to Scotland, Justice Secretary Kenny
MacAskill has said.
Voxy (New Zealand)
- Local alcohol policies 'must be made compulsory'
New Zealand First
says the Government must make it compulsory for every district and
city council to adopt local alcohol policies.
