3News NZ (New Zealand) - Doctors
stand united against alcohol abuse
Doctors are taking
a stand against the Government's hands-off approach to tackling
alcohol-related harm, saying it's time to look at raising the
drinking age back to 20 and bumping up prices.
University Herald
- Teen Sleep Patterns Linked To Alcohol, Marijuana Use
New research
suggests that teens with sleep problems are more likely to have use
drugs and alcohol than teens who have better sleep patterns.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - Prison drug and alcohol addiction services for review
Minister for
Justice Frances Fitzgerald has commissioned a review of the drugs and
alcohol treatment services available to criminal offenders and people
on probation.
Medical News Today
- Alcohol use in first 3-4 weeks of pregnancy may lead to
permanent brain changes in offspring
It is well
established that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can cause harm to
the fetus. Now, a new study finds that drinking alcohol as early as
3-4 weeks into pregnancy - before many women even realize they are
expecting - may alter gene functioning in the brains of offspring,
leading to long-term changes in brain structure.
Psychiatry Advisor
- Epigenetic Marker May ID Future Alcohol-Use Disorder
The first evidence
for an epigenetic marker associated with alcohol consumption and its
underlying neurobehavioral phenotype has been uncovered, according to
research presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual
Meeting.
The Conversation
AU (Australia) - My problem with your drinking: Australia’s
hate-love relationship with alcohol
In this year’s
annual alcohol poll, 34% of Australians said they drink to get drunk,
43% said they had vomited as a result of drinking and 75% said
Australia has a problem with excess drinking or alcohol abuse.
Derry Now -
Alcohol is 'killing far too many of us': McLaughlin
Alcohol is
“killing far too many of us,” Foyle Sinn Fein MLA Maeve McLaughin
has said. Ms McLaughlin, chairperson of the Assembly Health
Committee, was commenting on results of a “Drink Think” survey
which revealed 68% of 12-17 year olds in Derry have tried alcohol.
Times of India
(India) - Indians drinking alcohol up 55% in 20 years
A global study
has found out that alcohol consumption in India has risen by 55% over
a period of 20 years. More worryingly, the young are getting
initiated to alcohol much earlier, while more women are indulging in
hazardous and binge drinking.
3News NZ (New
Zealand) - Judge: NZ courts ill-equipped for foetal alcohol cases
What's Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)? Had our courts known the answer
twenty years ago, Teina Pora would have likely led a very different
life.
U.S. News &
World Report (USA) - The Dangers of 'Overage' Drinking
"Having
another" can often go unnoticed or ignored when it's an older
adult who's doing the drinking. After all, Grandpa's lived a long
life and shouldn't be denied his own "cough medicine."
YLE News (Finland)
- Finland sobering up as alcohol consumption declines
Total alcohol
consumption in Finland fell last year, continuing a long-term trend.
The drop was 4 percent compared to 2013, with liqueurs, spirits and
cider seeing the biggest reduction in popularity. Even beer, Finns’
favourite alcoholic beverage, was a little less favoured than before.
Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - Countries with the most and least tax on beer and wine
We're among the
heaviest drinkers in Europe – yet for every pint, shot and wine
bottle drunk in Britain, almost £2 more goes to the taxman than if
it was consumed across the channel.
World Health
Organization (Serbia) - Serbia to develop a national alcohol
programme
In Serbia, per
capita alcohol consumption for adults (15 years and older) increased
by 37% from 2003–2005 (9.2 L) to 2008–2010 (12.6 L). In the WHO
European Region, alcohol consumption decreased by 10% during the same
period.
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