ESPAD - New ESPAD results: teenage
drinking and smoking down, but concerns posed by new drugs and new
addictive behaviours
Smoking and
drinking among 15–16-year-old school students are showing signs of
decline, but there are concerns over challenges posed by new drugs
and new addictive behaviours.
Science Daily -
Sleep habits, adolescent drug and alcohol use linked, shows
research
A possible link
between adolescent sleep habits and early substance abuse has been
identified by researchers. The study found that both sleep duration
and sleep quality during late childhood predict alcohol and cannabis
use later in adolescence.
Scotsman
(Scotland) - Wealthy Scots drinkers consuming hazardous levels of
alcohol
The wealthiest
Scots are drinking the most dangerous levels of alcohol, with 35 per
cent of the richest households consuming hazardous amounts of drink
compared to 18 per cent of the poorest households.
Plymouth Herald
(UK) - Drink-drive alcohol limit should be lowered - say 77% of
people in poll
Three quarters of
people think that the amount of alcohol drivers are allowed to drink
should be reduced, an official new poll has found.
Live Science -
Alcohol's Toll on the Heart: Bigger, Not Better
Drinking alcohol,
even in moderate amounts, may increase the size of the heart's left
atrium, a new study finds.
AllAfrica.com -
Uganda: Alcohol Bill Gets Nod From Health Ministry, Civil Society
Government has
welcomed the proposed Alcohol Drinks Control Bill 2016, saying it
will help reduce excessive alcohol consumption in the country.
Radio New Zealand
(New Zealand) - Call to curb alcohol marketing, cost, availability
An alcohol
watchdog hopes a survey that shows more than one in four teens aged
between 15 and 17 often drink a risky amount of alcohol serves as a
sharp wake-up call.
Huffington Post UK
(UK) - The Growing Number Of Older People Being Treated For
Alcohol Dependence Is All Over Us Like A Rash
Each year that
goes by, it is always a pleasant surprise to find something new to
back up what has become irrefutable evidence. In this case, it is
that older people of the ‘Baby Boomer’ Generation continue with
hedonistic lifestyles into their later years well beyond that seen
with any previous generation.
Health24 - Bipolar
kids more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol
A study showed
that among young teens with bipolar disorder there was a much higher
level of substance use than in the control group.
BBC News (Wales) -
Doctors criticise alcohol minimum pricing block
Doctors have
criticised a block on moves to stop alcohol being sold "cheaper
than water" in Wales after MPs refused to devolve pricing
powers.
Politicsweb (South
Africa) - Our plan to reduce harm done by alcohol
The provincial
government’s Alcohol-Related Harms Reduction Policy green paper has
today been gazetted, and is now available for public comment.
BusinessTech
(South Africa) - Drinking booze in Cape Town could get a lot
harder – and more expensive
The Western Cape
government (WCG) is proposing hard-line policies on alcohol use in
the province – including higher prices, tighter trading hours, and
a zero-tolerance approach to drinking among new drivers.
Otago Daily Times
(New Zealand) - Cut liquor outlets, uni says
The University of
Otago has compared its efforts to battle New Zealand's drinking
culture to ''bailing out the Titanic with a thimble'' as it sets its
sights on liquor outlets in the student quarter.
Smithsonian -
People Feel More Tipsy if Their Friends Are Already Drunk
Throughout human
history, alcohol has had an important place in many of the world’s
cultures—oftentimes as a social lubricant. Now, a group of
scientists have found that social settings might color a person’s
individual experience when they’re out for a drink or two at the
bar.
LocalGov - Binge
drinking ‘social glue’ for students and young workers
Peer pressure and
a ‘fear of missing out’ is driving binge drinking among students
and young workers, study finds.
Norden - How
does other peoples’ drinking affect you?
Young people,
women, single persons and people living in urban areas are more
likely to experience harm from others’ drinking in the Nordic
countries. These are some of the findings made by the research
network H20 Nordic that was established by the Nordic Centre for
Welfare and Social Issues in 2013. In the new publication “The
ripple effect of alcohol – Consequences beyond the drinker” we
outline the key findings of the research network and provide
perspectives on how drinking affects us as individuals and as a
society.
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