Boston.com (USA) -
Obama: Pot is not more dangerous than alcohol
President Barack
Obama said he doesn’t think marijuana is more dangerous than
alcohol, ‘‘in terms of its impact on the individual consumer.’’
Sydney Morning
Herald (Australia) - Alcohol sales: Experts call for figures to be
publicised
Hundreds of
millions of litres of alcohol are swallowed in Australia each year
but the NSW government has no idea how much is consumed in its own
backyard.
SBS (Australia) -
NSW cabinet bunkers down on alcohol issue
NSW Premier Barry
O'Farrell is expected to announce a plan to curb alcohol-fuelled
violence after taking it to cabinet on Monday.
Fox News (USA) -
Alcohol consumption is the direct cause of 80,000 yearly deaths in
the Americas
Alcohol
consumption is the direct cause of nearly 80,000 deaths in the
Americas each year, according to a new study. Published in the
journal Addiction, the study analyzed yearly mortality rates from 16
countries in North and Latin America. The researchers focused on
deaths that were specifically attributed to alcohol, meaning death
would not have occurred without some form of alcohol consumption.
New Post Leader
(UK) - Alcohol is costing us over £120m
New figures have
revealed that alcohol is costing Northumberland more than £120m a
year. According to Balance, the North East Alcohol Office, booze
problems are costing the county’s workplace and wider economy
£54.2m annually.
The Guardian (USA)
- Alcohol consumption higher in more liberal US states, study
shows
Becoming more
liberal is enough to turn you to drink – at least, according to
scientists. As populations in America become less conservative their
overall alcohol consumption, in particular of beer and spirits,
rises, a study into the relationship between drink and politics over
almost half a century has revealed.
Medical News Today
- How drinking the legal limit of alcohol impairs vision by 30%
Having a
designated driver on hand while drinking is an important part of
being responsible on the road. Though blood alcohol concentration
restrictions are imposed on drivers, how is our vision affected when
we are under this limit? Researchers in Canada set out to answer this
question and found that our vision is impaired by up to 30% - before
we even hit the legal limit.
TIME - Mashed
Up Memory: How Alcohol Speeds Memory Loss in Men
Middle aged men
who drink 2.5 drinks per day may accelerate memory loss by six years,
according to a new study.
Helsinki Times
(Finland) - Minister Huovinen wishes to tighten alcohol taxation
The availability
of alcohol must see new restrictions, says Minister of Health and
Social Services Susanna Huovinen. The threat of restrictions is
worrisome for the brewery and restaurant industries, which have
actively lobbied against the changes.
The Guardian
(Australia) - Australia, we need to talk about alcohol
Australia has
already demonstrated that changes in drug culture are possible by
drastically reducing our number of smokers. We need to follow suit
with alcohol and further educate drinkers.
Daily News &
Analysis - Alcohol does not just gives you a kick, it can also
give you cancer: Lancet/WHO
Tipplers beware:
Alcohol leads to cancer of the mouth, throat, and food pipe.
Prestigious international medical journal Oral Oncology has said it
in its latest edition for the first time.
TheParliament.com
(EU) - EU action plan 'ignores' decades of scientific advancement
in alcohol policy
I recently took
part in several discussions in Brussels with health commissioner
Tonio Borg and the alcohol and health forum. In these discussions the
new action plan on alcohol, prepared by DG sanco, was one of the
addressed topics. With regard to these discussions, I would like to
raise awareness on my disappointment in relation to the new priority
of 'young people, binge drinking and heavy drinking'.
The Santiago Times
(Chile) - 2,000 Chileans die each year directly due to alcohol,
study says
Chile sits above
the average for the Americas in the rate of deaths directly caused by
drink, with liver disease dominating a death list that includes
neuropsychological disorders, alcohol poisoning and acute
pancreatitis.
The Age
(Australia) - Binge drinking: youth's relationship to alcohol
being reshaped by rapid social change
With the state
cabinet on Monday to discuss what extra measures could be adopted to
tackle the cocktail of excessive alcohol consumption and street
violence, it is clear the issue is not peculiar to NSW.
Daily Mail (UK) -
Why boozy Britain is the gout capital of Europe: One in 40
diagnosed with condition
Our love of
alcohol and reliance on junk food has made Britain into the country
worst affected by gout in Europe, researchers claim. A record one in
40 people in the UK have been diagnosed with the painful arthritic
disorder that famously afflicted Henry VIII – bringing the total
number of patients with the condition to around 1.5million.
NBC 7 San Diego
(USA) - Study: "Minimally Buzzed" Drivers Often Cause
Fatal Crashes
A new study on
traffic accidents released by UC San Diego Thursday reveals that
“minimally buzzed” drivers – including those with a very low
0.01 blood-alcohol level, well below the legal limit of 0.08 – are
often to blame for fatal car crashes.
UkauthorITy.com
(UK) - Government accused of burying alcohol data
A controversy over
cheap alcohol has made a mockery of government boasts about open
data, ministers have been warned.
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