The Guardian (Australia) - Rate of
teens abstaining from alcohol almost doubles in 13 years, study finds
The drinking
patterns of teenage Australians has shifted more drastically than any
other age group, according to a study which found the number of 14 to
17-year-olds abstaining from alcohol had almost doubled in the past
13 years.
BBC News (Wales) -
Proposed minimum alcohol price law is published
Plans for a new
law setting a minimum price for alcohol in Wales have been published
by the Welsh government.
ABC Online
(Australia) - Overhaul of alcohol advertising regulations needed
to keep up with social media, researchers say
Australian
researchers are calling on the Federal Government to overhaul alcohol
advertising regulations as companies change the way they target
drinkers through social media.
Times LIVE (South
Africa) - Alcohol fuels violence in Africa's drunkest nation
South Africa's
shameful status as the drunkest country in Africa is once again in
the spotlight, with 70% of trauma victims testing positive for
alcohol.
Belfast Telegraph
(UK) - Drinkers' harm to others revealed
The Institute of
Alcohol Studies (IAS) said its research had found that one in five
adults has been harassed or insulted in the street by someone who had
been drinking, while even more had felt unsafe or threatened in a
public place.
The Guardian
(Australia) - Foetal alcohol syndrome should be recognised as
disability, says report on Indigenous alcohol use
Standing committee
report says Indigenous children fall through cracks of education
system and later land in prison as FASD is misdiagnosed or not
treated.
The Daily Meal -
Watch What Alcohol Does to Your Body: It’s Not Pretty
With all of the
delicious recipes for summer cocktails, sometimes it’s hard to
forget that alcohol actually has a toxic effect on the body.
HeraldNet (USA) -
Alcohol misuse major threat
The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Drug Administration
this week confirmed what states have been reporting for years: That
the rate of heroin use in the U.S. has climbed 63 percent in the past
decade; and the rate of heroin abuse or dependence climbed 90 percent
over the same period.
Jamaica Observer
(Jamaica) - Ministry wants reduction in consumption of alcohol
THE Ministry of
Health, through the National Strategic and Action Plan for the
Prevention and Control of non-communicable diseases (2013-2018),
plans to reduce the harmful consumption of alcohol by three per cent
by 2018. The plan has been approved by Cabinet.
Channel News Asia
(Singapore) - Tougher alcohol controls have positive impact:
Iswaran
Tougher controls
on the sale and consumption of alcohol in Singapore since April have
had a positive impact overall, though business at some shops may have
been hit, said Second Minister for Home Affairs S Iswaran on
Saturday.
West-info (Italy)
- Italian teens say stop to alcohol
Alcohol
consumption among Italian youth is decreasing. With an annual
reduction, since 2002, of 0.7% for males and, since 2004, of 1.3% for
females. Minors are those who drink less alcohol.
HealthCanal.com -
Alcohol abuse has devastating 'domino effect', says RCGP in
response to report from the Institute of Alcohol Studies
Everyday in our
surgeries, GPs are dealing with the fallout of alcohol abuse in some
of our patients’ lives, and this report really hammers home the
devastating ‘domino effect’ on families and the wider community.
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