Belfast Telegraph (Northern Ireland) -
Northern Ireland's over 50s less likely to heed advice over
alcohol
Northern Ireland
has the highest number of adults over 50 in the UK who do not know
what the healthy recommended drink limits are, a new survey has
revealed.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Thousands of children treated for drug and alcohol
abuse
Every year
thousands of teenagers and adolescents are treated for drug or
alcohol addiction. Ben Heather asks why a handful of our children are
learning to get wasted so young, sometimes before they learn to read.
wtvr.com (USA) -
Agency recommends lowering blood-alcohol limit to reduce traffic
deaths
After the release
of a recent study, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
recommended the legal limit on blood-alcohol concentration (or
content) be lowered, to cut down on motor vehicle deaths.
New York Times -
When Alcohol Intrudes in the Workplace
I work at a
nonprofit with fewer than 10 employees, where we all need to pull our
weight. Recently, there have been several instances of a particular
colleague getting so drunk on weeknights that he can’t make it to
work until the following afternoon, if at all. I know that he is hung
over, not sick, because he has admitted it in emails canceling
meetings with me.
Daily Mail - How
BEER damages the brains of teenagers: Alcohol 'impairs spatial
awareness and memory'
Teenagers have
long been warned to stay away from alcohol. They’ve been told of
alcohol’s increased risk of cancer – and its ability to impair
driving. But now, a new study revealed alcohol also affects spatial
awareness and memory in teenagers.
The Guardian (UK)
- Problem drinkers account for most of alcohol industry's sales,
figures reveal
The alcohol
industry makes most of its money – an estimated £23.7bn in sales
in England alone – from people whose drinking is destroying or
risking their health, say experts who accuse the industry of
irresponsible pricing and marketing.
Vox (EU/USA) -
Europe has lower drinking ages than the US — and worse teen
drinking problems
One of the most
common arguments against America's legal drinking age is that Europe
has a supposedly safer drinking culture despite its lower drinking
ages. After I wrote an argument for keeping the US drinking age at
21, it's a question that readers raised in emails again and again: If
a lower drinking age is so bad, why is Europe doing fine?
Irish Times
(Ireland) - Ministers lobbied 40 times in three months on alcohol
issues
Government
Ministers and their officials were lobbied on alcohol-related issues
more than 40 times in a three-month period, an analysis of the new
register of lobbying shows.
Sunderland Echo
(UK) - Lowering of drink drive alcohol limit backed by police boss
as change heads for Parliament
This Friday the
House of Lords will debate reduce the limit as part of the Road
Traffic Act. Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner Mrs Baird
is urging peers to support the bill.
The Guardian (UK)
- The impact of alcohol on the NHS: 'we get the drunks in 24/7'
Healthcare
professionals share their experiences of funding constraints, violent
behaviour and drink-related disease and death.
Medical Daily -
Bullying Linked To Increased Risk Of Cigarette and Alcohol Use
Among Gay and Bisexual Youth
While many
children are bullied, previous studies have suggested that children
who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual are bullied more than their
peers. A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health
suggests that this bullying has a significant impact on
sexual-minority youth development.
