Independent (Iceland) - Iceland
knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world
isn’t listening
In Iceland,
teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the
past 20 years. Emma Young finds out how they did it, and why other
countries won’t follow suit.
International
Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics - Some 119,000 children
born with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
An estimated
119,000 children are born with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) each
year, according to a new study from the Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, Canada.
Fox News - Alcohol
ads should be banned from sporting events, says study
Beer and football
go together like, well, beer and football. But, according to a new
British study, alcohol and sports is a dangerous combination.
Psychology Today -
Age-Related Mortality Associated with Alcohol Use Disorder
It is well
established that people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) have a higher
risk of dying early than those without this disorder.
Deutsche Welle -
Why drinking alcohol makes us hungry
Ever come home
from a night of drinking and desperately craved French fries or
pizza? Researchers say they have found the underlying mechanism:
Alcohol makes your brain think you are starving.
Hindustan Times
(India) - To discourage alcohol consumption, MP govt asks shops to
keep list of regular buyers
The Madhya Pradesh
government has said liquor shops in the state will have to keep a
list of regular customers and police stations will have names of
criminals, who regularly commit excise-related crimes, in a bid to
discourage alcohol consumption.
MedicalResearch.com
- Cannabis Use Linked To Early Drinking and Alcohol Problems
We know that
development of alcohol use disorder progresses through several stages
of alcohol use, from beginning to drink, to engaging in problem
drinking, and then to developing alcohol use disorder, but we don’t
know whether the same factors are associated with each step in this
progression.
Healio - Hospital
patients with alcohol problems 10 times as likely to have alcoholic
liver cirrhosis
Hospitalized
patients who have alcohol problems had a significantly greater risk
for developing alcoholic liver cirrhosis compared with the general
population, according to the results of a Danish nationwide,
registry-based, prospective cohort study.
Scottish Daily
Record (Scotland) - Alcohol campaigners call for total ban on
cut-price booze in Scotland
Alcohol
campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to ban all special
offers on booze in shops and supermarkets.
Express.co.uk
(Scotland) - SNP to consider banning alcohol sponsorship to
improve the nation's health
SPORTING events
sponsored by drinks firm may soon be a thing of the past if a
SNP-supporting pressure group gets its way.
Ecomony (Sweden) -
Swedish Government to Outlaw Online Alcohol
The Swedish
government has proposed a new law that could pass as soon as the
first of January 2018. The law would effectively make it illegal for
e-commerce shops to sell wine or other alcoholic beverages to Swedish
consumers.
Scoop.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Alcohol and drug driving most affect our sense of
safety
Drivers under the
influence of alcohol or drugs have the greatest impact on our
perception of public safety, according to results from a national
safety perception survey conducted by insurance group IAG New
Zealand.
thejournal.ie
(Ireland) - Ireland has the worst rates in the world for drinking
during pregnancy
A GLOBAL STUDY
published recently suggests that over 60% of Irish mothers drink
alcohol during pregnancy.
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