Reuters (Malaysia) - Malaysia says
it plans to raise age for drinking alcohol
Malaysia plans to
raise the minimum age for alcohol consumption from 18 to 21, it said
in a filing to the World Trade Organization on Tuesday.
Fusion (USA) -
College students spend $5.5 billion on alcohol every year across
the U.S.
Fusion spent a
typical weekend at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, which was ranked
by Playboy Magazine as America’s number one party school in 2015.
Auburn Citizen
(USA) - Cuomo: Higher drinking age has led to fewer
alcohol-related traffic deaths over past 30 years
Gov. Andrew Cuomo
attributed a significant drop in the number of alcohol-related
traffic fatalities to raising the legal drinking age — and the work
of his father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo.
Science World
Report - Teenage Alcohol Abuse: Relationships Affect How Teens
Consume Alcohol, Study Finds
A five-year, first
of its kind longitudinal study from a team of Florida Atlantic
University researchers tested the hypothesis that young people become
less similar to their friends, and more like their partners in their
drinking habits when they enter romantic relationships.
EurekAlert (EU) -
Inequalities in alcohol-related mortality in Europe
Alcohol-related
conditions are an important contributing factor to the socioeconomic
inequality in total mortality in many European countries, according
to a study published this week in PLOS Medicine.
The Local.no
(Norway) - 'Alcohol-free Christmas' aids integration: expert
An expert on Islam
has suggested that Norwegians could improve integration by removing
beer, wine and spirits from the Christmas party table.
CBS Local (USA) -
Study: Women Nearly Drinking As Much Alcohol As Men
Medical News Today
reports the gap between men and women shrank between 2002 to 2012 as
women started to drink more and men less.
Medical Xpress
(Australia) - Extended trading hours prompt spike in
alcohol-fuelled injuries
Further extending
the trading hours of Perth's licenced premises will result in more
people with alcohol-related injuries presenting at metropolitan
emergency departments, according to research from the National Drug
Research Institute
Daily Mail (UK) -
Do you want a beer with that? Burger King becomes first fast food
chain to sell alcohol in the UK
Burger King has
become the first fast-food chain to be allowed to sell alcohol in the
UK. The company has won a drinks licence for its branch in Bury St
Edmunds, Suffolk, despite strong police opposition.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - Taking the initiative in facing up to alcohol
addiction
Two people die
every week in Ireland from overuse of alcohol. Alcohol addiction is
so prevalent in Irish society that many experts say we don’t even
notice it any more. In fact, it is often brushed off as a lifestyle
choice.
thenews.pl
(Poland) - Increasing number of Poles shun cigarettes and alcohol
The longtime
guilty pleasures of smoking and drinking alcohol have consistently
been dropping in popularity in Poland in recent years, a Central
Statistical Office (GUS) study shows.
Telegraph.co.uk
(India) - Alcohol ban in Indian state of Bihar to begin next year
Alcohol is to be
banned in India’s third-most populous state in a move that will
affect nearly 100 million people.
Communitycare.co.uk
(UK) - What social workers need to know about foetal alcohol
spectrum disorders
Advice on
consuming alcohol during pregnancy in the UK is woefully inadequate.
Current official guidance given by midwives is: “It is better not
to drink, but if you do, then 1 or 2 units, once or twice a week is
alright”.
SBS (Australia) -
Alcohol, drugs most important youth issues: survey
Alcohol and drug
abuse has overtaken the economy as the most important issue for young
people, according to a Mission Australia survey.
Globalnews.ca
(Canada) - NSHA study finds links between alcohol and repeat
trauma patients
More than 40 per
cent of people who have one alcohol-related trauma repeat their
behaviour, according to research coming out of the Nova Scotia Trauma
Program.
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