The Guardian (Bolivia) - No alcohol,
no violence: life inside the Bolivian community led by women
Gender-based
violence remains prevalent in Bolivia, but Maria Auxiliadora, a
women-led community in Cochabamba, is trying to change this.
The Conversation -
Joe Camel in a bottle: Alcohol companies fail to follow their own
ad rules during the 2017 Super Bowl
Alcohol companies
used controversial marketing tactics in their 2017 Super Bowl
commercials, including the use of animals that are attractive to
children and party themes found to influence underage drinking.
Plymouth Herald
(UK) - Paradox means richer people can drink as much as those in
deprived areas and not suffer same issues
Alcohol deaths of
women in the South West are at their highest level in more than 20
years, but new figures who the well-off and healthier can drink as
much, if not more, than those in deprived areas and not experience
the same health problems.
The Sun (UK) -
Parliament’s alcohol bill TRIPLES in two years as MPs and guests
guzzle £1.8 million worth of wine, champers and beer
PARLIAMENT’S
alcohol bill TRIPLED in two years as MPs and other guests to the
estate guzzled £1.8 million worth of booze last year.
Cape Cod Times
(USA) - Experts caution not to overlook alcohol's toll
Even before Jack
Reilly's family landed at Ellis Island from County Cork, Ireland, in
1909, there was drinking. The stories of chaos and catastrophe caused
by alcoholism were passed along for four generations, back 150 years.
Yet the disease passed from father to son just seemed normal, said
Reilly, of Centerville, a retired lawyer.
EurekAlert -
Mixing opioids and alcohol may increase likelihood of dangerous
respiratory complication
Taking one
oxycodone tablet together with even a modest amount of alcohol
increases the risk of a potentially life-threatening side effect
known as respiratory depression, which causes breathing to become
extremely shallow or stop altogether, reports a study published in
the Online First edition of Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical
journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
YLE News (Finland)
- Finnish Customs net nearly two million euros in unpaid alcohol
taxes from online stores
Online liquor
sellers have had to fork out more than two million euros in unpaid
taxes to Finnish Customs. The payout follows intense scrutiny of
online alcohol sales by customs officials that began in 2016.
Independent Online
(South Africa) - 67% of domestic abuse cases in Cape linked to
alcohol
A shocking 67% of
all domestic abuse cases in the Western Cape are linked to alcohol
abuse.
Medical Daily -
Warning Signs Of Alcoholism Vs. Alcohol Abuse: Excessive Drinking
May Be Chronic Disease Or Recurring Pattern Of Behavior
It’s generally
accepted that alcohol is fine in moderation, but it’s a fact that
alcoholism can lead to death. In fact, excessive drinking contributes
to almost 90,000 deaths per year in the United States, according to
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Trace (USA) -
Alcohol Abuse Is a Major Predictor for Gun Crime
Gun owners who
have been convicted of an alcohol-related offense, such as driving
under the influence or drunk and disorderly conduct, are up to five
times as likely to be arrested for a violent or firearm-related crime
than those who have not, new research shows.
Irish Mirror
(Ireland) - Dublin doctor warns more needs to be done to address
Ireland's alcohol crisis
Not enough is
being done to deal with Ireland’s spiralling levels of alcohol
addiction, experts have warned. Dr Hugh Gallagher of the One Step
Clinic in North Dublin, said unless we tackle our drinking culture
booze will continue to be the drug most people are reliant on and the
problem will only get worse.
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VICE (Australia) - Big Alcohol Dodges Regulations by Trying to
Delegitimize Science
Hey, remember how
shady sugar corporations lobbied scientists in the 1960s to downplay
the link between sugar consumption and coronary heart disease? Or how
soda companies used ads to make their product seem less harmful…
kind of like Big Tobacco?
Nunatsiaq News
(Canada) - Nunavut judge: “Alcohol abuse is tearing apart our
society”
It’s not the
first time a Nunavut judge has used a sentencing decision to blast
Nunavut leaders for the longstanding need to deal with widespread
alcohol abuse in the territory.
Pravda (Russia) -
Russia to ban discounts on alcoholic drinks
Discounts on
alcohol may disappear in Russia. According to the head of the Russian
Federal Service for Protection of Consumer Rights, Anna Popova, such
promotional campaigns appear as advertising of alcohol.
Reykjavík
Grapevine (Iceland) - Alcohol Bill Could Legalise Booze In Stores,
Though Parliamentary Fight Likely
It is now more
likely than ever that the sale of alcohol in private stores will
become a reality in Iceland. However, the matter will by all accounts
still be hotly contested.
isleofman.com
(Isle of Man) - Change to guidelines on weekly alcohol consumption
Changes to advice
in the UK – as well as in other European countries – on the safe
level of alcohol adults can consume in a week is being adopted in the
Isle of Man following a local review.
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