Express.co.uk (UK) - Mother's little
helper: The social network helping women beat the bottle
BUSY mum Kate
Baily used to enjoy a glass of wine. And then another one. Her
friends all seemed to be doing the same but Kate knew something was
wrong – and then she discovered Soberistas, an online community
that changed her life.
Daily Mail (UK) -
Drinking yourself into anaesthetised state 'is now socially
acceptable': NHS boss says intensive care swamped by alcohol cases
A third of
intensive care beds at weekends are taken up by patients critically
ill from alcohol, according to the NHS’s head of critical care.
Daily Mail - Binge
drinkers who consume weekly intake in one go twice as likely to die
prematurely as those who spread out the amount they drink across
seven days
Binge drinking
could double your risk of death - even if you drink very little the
rest of the time, a study has found.
Science Codex -
International research project: The more available alcohol is, the
more likely that people will drink heavily
The International
Alcohol Control (IAC) study is a newly developed international
collaborative project designed to collect comparative data on alcohol
consumption and policy-relevant behaviors in both high- and
middle/low-income countries.
Scientific
American - Wine Becomes More Like Whisky as Alcohol Content Gets
High
In the past two
decades the maximum alcohol content of wine has crept up from about
13 percent to, in some cases, northward of 17 percent, a side effect
of the growing popularity of wines with richer fruit flavor.
ABC Local
(Australia) - Research shows closing pubs and clubs early reduces
alcohol related assaults
New research has
found a reduction in assaults in Newcastle, after the introduction of
ground breaking alcohol measures, has been maintained.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - ‘You never have to explain why you drink; you always
have to explain why you don’t’
“If alcohol
didn’t exist and it was discovered, I don’t think there’s a
government in the world that would allow it,” said Alastair
Campbell, the former Labour government spin doctor, on a visit to
Dublin yesterday. “I know from my own days as a heavy drinker that
there’s nothing worse than being lectured about it – so change
must happen at a societal level, that’s what happened with gay
rights and racial equality.”
Sydney Morning
Herald (Australia) - Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia
shuts doors after Fiona Nash cuts off funding
An organisation
that has been advising Australian governments on alcohol and drug
policy for almost half a century shut its doors on Friday.
Daily Mail -
Trying to stick to a diet? Alcohol - NOT chocolate - is the
biggest temptation
The British
researchers hope that learning more about dieting downfalls will help
slimmers plan for problems and strengthen their willpower.
Sky News
(Australia) - Crackdown On Alcohol-Fuelled Violence In Oz
Some of the
world's toughest alcohol laws are being introduced in Sydney,
Australia, after a spate of deaths of young men caused by drunken
violence.
The Independent
Florida Alligator (USA) - Alcohol age limit linked to reduced
drunken driving
The legal drinking
age could have tangible consequences of reducing traffic accidents,
suicide and assault. That’s what the findings of a study by two
Boston University School of Public Health researchers showed. A
review was published Monday by the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and
Drugs.
Irish Independent
(Ireland) - Anti-social behaviour sees Irish Rail passengers hit
with alcohol ban
Passengers using
certain services on Irish Rail will no longer be able to drink
alcohol on board - with the Galway to Dublin service highlighted.
Helsinki Times
(Finland) - Alcohol and drug related costs creep up to 2bn
Alcohol and drug
use place a substantial burden on Finland's public coffers, with the
related costs creeping up to approximately two billion euros in 2011
– equalling the funds allocated annually for Finnish universities
and the operations of the Defence Forces.
YLE Uutiset
(Finland) - Government imposes further restrictions on alcohol
advertising
On Friday,
President Sauli Niinistö is expected to sign off on proposed
amendments to Finland’s alcohol advertising legislation presented
by the Government on Thursday. The amendments will make Finland’s
already stringent alcohol advertising restrictions even tighter.
NordAN - Estonia
approved alcohol policy green paper
Government of
Estonia approved the principles and measures introduced in the
alcohol policy green paper, prepared under the guidance of the
Ministry of the Social Affairs.
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