Washington Post - For women, heavy
drinking has been normalized. That’s dangerous.
The ads started
popping up about a decade ago on social media. Instead of selling
alcohol with sex and romance, these ads had an edgier theme: Harried
mothers chugging wine to cope with everyday stress. Women embracing
quart-sized bottles of whiskey, and bellying up to bars to knock back
vodka shots with men.
Sky News (Australia) - Total alcohol
ban issued for Coogee beach
Sydney's Coogee
Beach is now an alcohol-free zone after 15 tonnes of rubbish was left
to clean up on Christmas Day.
Daily Mail - Your
brain on alcohol: Experts reveal what REALLY happens when you get
drunk
Whether you plan
to toast the New Year with champagne or liquor, every alcoholic drink
will have one thing in common – the mind-altering molecule ethanol.
The Sydney Morning
Herald (Australia) - Cricket has a dangerous relationship with
alcohol
If you spent any
time watching TV during the Australian summers of the late '70s or
early '80s, chances are the Tooheys beer "How do ya feel?"
cricket ads are seared on your memory.
The Conversation
UK - When media use pictures of drunk girls in alcohol stories,
we’re being misled
When the English
artist William Hogarth produced his infamous engravings of prosperous
“Beer Street” and chaotic “Gin Lane” in the mid-18th century,
it reflected efforts to control London’s supposed gin crisis.
RT (Russia) - Most
Russians want govt to raise minimum alcohol-purchase age
About three
quarters of Russians would support the increase of minimum legal age
of alcohol purchase from current 18 to 21 years, the state-run VTSIOM
public opinion research center reports.
The Times (UK) -
Middle aged in denial over alcohol and weight
The vast majority
of middle-aged adults drink too much alcohol, are overweight or
exercise too little, official figures show.
South
African Broadcasting Corporation (South Africa) - Cape Town
alcohol consumption a concern
The City of Cape
Town says the amount of alcohol it has confiscated on beaches is of
serious concern! More than 7000 litres of liquor has been confiscated
from beach goers since the start of the festive season.
Medical News Today
- Going dry for January? How reducing alcohol intake can benefit
health
Do you plan to
exercise more? Lose weight? Quit smoking? How about cutting down on
alcohol intake? While that last question may have prompted a highly
resistant shake of the head from many readers who enjoy their
after-work beer or a glass of wine with dinner, there is no better
time to review your alcohol intake.
Medical Daily -
Alcohol And Your Eyes: 6 Ways Excessive Drinking Can Impair Your
Vision
A night of heavy
drinking may cause you to develop a pair of the dreaded “beer
goggles,” but drinking large amounts of alcohol over a long period
of time can damage a number of body parts, your eyes included.
Irish Independent
(Ireland) - More than 1,000 children contact Childline on
Christmas Day with alcohol abuse at home among issues
CHILDLINE got
1,040 contacts from children across Ireland on Christmas Day, the
ISPCC has said, with alcohol abuse in the home one of themes rased.
The Local Spain
(Spain) - Spain proposes fines for parents of underage drinkers
Spain’s new
health minister has revealed that she wants to pass a law which would
see parents of underage drinkers fined if they refused to take their
children to special 'awareness courses' on drinking.
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