Holyrood.com
(Scotland) - Scottish Government wins European award for its work
to reduce alcohol harm
The European
Reducing Alcohol Harm Award was given by Eurocare, an alliance of
public health organisations from 25 European countries, in
recognition of a “comprehensive range” of evidence-based
policies.
AAFP News (USA) -
Surgeon General Issues Landmark Report on Alcohol, Drugs
One in seven
people in the United States will develop a substance use disorder at
some point in their lifetime -- yet only 10 percent of them will
receive treatment.
ERR News (Estonia)
- New Estonian government: Excise duties on beer, wine, cider to
rise
The new Estonian
coalition government sworn in on Wednesday is planning to raise the
beer excise duty by 65 percent to 13.7 cents per percentage by volume
for a liter of beer as of July 2017, and by 166 percent from the
present to 22.09 cents per percentage by volume for a liter of beer
by 2020.
The Southland
Times (Australia) - Surprising amount of calories in alcohol
revealed
The Cancer Council
Victoria has released a new analysis of popular alcoholic drinks that
shows some exceed 240 calories, or 1000 kilojoules each, which is a
similar amount of calories in a Mars Bar or a slice of takeaway
pizza.
Wall Street
Journal (UK) - Report Warns of Alcohol-Related Cancer Deaths in
England
England could
suffer 135,000 cancer deaths caused by alcohol consumption over the
next two decades should current drinking trends continue, according
to a new report published Friday.
AlterNet (USA) -
Sobering Stats: Alcohol Abuse in College Far More Prevalent Than
Thought
According to the
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, we should be
worrying way more about drinking in college than about drug use.
Alcohol is the most widely abused drug among America’s young.
Prague Daily
Monitor (Czech Republic) - About 640,000 Czechs are risky alcohol
drinkers
About 640,000
Czechs over 15 drink alcohol in a risky way and may be addicted to
it, and another 540,000 drink in a way that harms them, being close
to risk-drinking, according to a report on the use of drugs in 2015
submitted to the government yesterday.
TASS (Russia) -
Watchdog says over 9,000 die from alcohol poisoning in Russia in
2016
A total of 9,300
people died from alcohol poisoning in the first three quarters of
2016, the press service of Russia’s Federal Service for
Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing
(Rospotrebnadzor) said in a statement on Thursday.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Alcohol: the obnoxious villain of our hospital
emergency departments
More than one in
10 patients turning up at Wellington Hospital's emergency department
shows signs of hazardous drinking, new research shows.
FoodNavigator-Asia.com
- Social media blurs lines between alcohol and sport, researchers
claim
An Australian
study into how alcohol companies use sport to sell their products via
social media suggests that businesses go beyond simple promotion by
encouraging their audiences to create and share their own
booze-boosting content.
News-Medical.net -
Women more susceptible to damaging effects of alcohol, says
Houston Methodist expert
Drinking too much
can make you feel bad the next morning, but for some women, drinking
more than a moderate amount could also be very dangerous.
The Sydney Morning
Herald (Australia) - What is the cost to our lives of
self-medicating with alcohol?
Whether it's the
after-work wine-down with colleagues, the sneaky G&T to help
survive the homework/dinner/bath/bed frazzle, or the blissful pop of
the champagne cork at that long-planned catch-up with the girls,
women are increasingly getting through life with a glass in their
hand.
BBC News
(Scotland) - Bid to appeal against minimum alcohol pricing to
Supreme Court
The Scotch Whisky
Association has applied to appeal in the UK Supreme Court against
minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Ottawa updating city alcohol policy ahead of 2017 celebrations
The City of Ottawa
is loosening its liquor rules to allow alcohol to be served and
consumed on some streets and sidewalks in 2017, but party animals
gearing up to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday shouldn't expect a
lawless "Bourbon Street" bacchanal.
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