The Guardian
(Japan) - Tokyo Olympics organisers ban alcohol sales after public outcry
Games officials faced accusations the event was getting preferential
treatment while other Tokyo businesses still faced alcohol restrictions.
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Holyrood
(Scotland) - People suffering from alcohol dependency cut back on other
spending because of minimum pricing
Minimum pricing for alcohol may be causing some people struggling with
dependency to reduce daily spending elsewhere in order to afford alcohol, a new
report has said.
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Business Wire
(Canada) - Canadians increasing alcohol and drug use to cope with mental
strain; parents at highest risk
The research revealed that one third (34 per cent) of respondents who use
alcohol reported an increase in alcohol consumption during the pandemic, while
one quarter (25 per cent) of Canadians who use other drugs reported an increase
in their drug use.
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PolitiFact - No,
the WHO isn’t trying to ban women ages 18-50 from drinking alcohol
A proposed global action plan on alcohol consumption put together by the
World Health Organization is being criticized after some believed the health
agency was effectively trying to ban women "of childbearing age" from
being able to drink alcohol
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Stuff (New
Zealand) - NZ should adopt Scottish strategy to reduce alcohol härm
For years, Scotland has wrestled with the harm caused by alcohol. Early
death, ill health, crime, suicide, and medical staff dealing with drunk and
abusive patients.
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DATAC (Canada) - Rise
in young adult drinking concerns New Brunswick’s fetal alcohol centre
According to new research from the University of New Brunswick (UNB),
one-third of young adults in New Brunswick have been drinking more alcohol over
the course of the pandemic. These new findings are alarming experts at New
Brunswick’s Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Centre of Excellence (FASDCE) in
Moncton.
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Middlesbourough
(UK) - Drinking at home - what's the cost for young people?
Young people are the focus of the latest phase of the hard-hitting
‘Drinking At Home, At What Cost?' campaign. The aim is to raise awareness among
young people of the harms associated with drinking alcohol.
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Northumberland
Gazette - Health campaigners question alcohol advertising at Euro 2020
Health campaigners have questioned the inappropriateness of alcohol brands
sponsoring high profile sports events, exposing children to alcohol.
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WHO - Third
WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours (FADAB)
The Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours (ADA) Unit, within the
Department of Mental Health and Substance Use at WHO Headquarters organizes,
for the third time, the WHO global Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive
Behaviours (FADAB).
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BNN News
(Lithuania) - Liberals propose lowering alcohol sale age to 18, extend sale
time
The Liberal Movement’s political group in the Lithuanian parliament, the
Seimas, proposed on Wednesday, June 16, amendments to the Law on Alcohol
Control to lower the existing alcohol sale age and also set the same alcohol
sale hours for all days of the week.
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