MedicalXpress (Europe) - Alcohol
consumption putting vast majority of Europeans at risk of digestive
cancers
Citizens across
the EU are consuming an average of 2 alcoholic drinks per day,
placing drinkers at a 21% increased risk of developing colorectal
cancer, in addition to other digestive cancers, a report finds.
United European
Gastroenterology report - Read more
Hürriyet (Turkey) - Turkey adds 7.8
percent tax to alcoholic beverages, further price hikes expected
An additional 7.8
percent special consumption tax has been added for alcoholic
beverages in July, automatically in line with Turkey’s producer
price index in the first half of the year.
Moneyish (USA) -
Americans spend $1 billion on alcohol alone on Independence Day
But for most
Americans, the holiday weekend doesn’t include large inflatable
slides with water features or red, white and blue outfits for every
hour of the day. Still, we’re a nation that knows how to make the
most out of the long weekend.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Gareth Morgan's TOP wants to raise alcohol purchase age
to 20
Gareth Morgan
wants to raise the alcohol age to 20 and increase the price of booze.
Morgan released his The Opportunities Party (TOP) policy on alcohol
on Tuesday morning.
Vox (USA) - The
Fourth of July is one of the deadliest days for drunk driving
As Americans toast
to Independence Day this Fourth of July, there’s another side to
the celebrations they may want to avoid: death.
Daily Mail - Enjoy
a skinful? It could be why you get eczema: Experts say abstaining
from alcohol may be the way to tackle the condition in some adults
Abstinence from
alcohol may be a new way to tackle eczema in some adults, according
to experts who have found that up to one in three people attending
clinics for severe cases of the skin problem drink an unhealthy
amount.
Express.co.uk -
Age-related diseases and alcohol link - how drinking is REALLY
affecting you
ALCOHOL can put
people at greater risk of age-related diseases including dementia,
heart disease and even diabetes, and now experts understand why.
ERR News (Estonia)
- Supreme Court: Faster hike in alcohol excise duty not
unconstitutional
The Supreme Court
of Estonia found that the legislative body's decision to increase the
excise duty on beer and cider faster than planned was not
unconstitutional.
Magnoliareporter
(USA) - Operation Dry Water seeks to keep alcohol and drug abuse
off waterwaters
Wildlife officers
throughout Arkansas and the United States are gearing up for
Operation Dry Water – a weekend of increased enforcement throughout
the nation to prevent instances of boating under the influence of
alcohol or drugs.
the Irish News
(Northern Ireland) - One in four Northern Ireland teens sold
alcohol without ID checks
RETAILERS in
Northern Ireland were caught selling alcohol to one in four teenage
mystery shoppers last year without asking for ID.
Los Angeles Times
- Alcohol, sex and consent: Add TV cameras and the 'Bachelor in
Paradise' party gets complicated
Before the cameras
even started rolling, Chad Johnson was drunk. Not tipsy; hammered. By
the time production on “Bachelor in Paradise” kicked off at 11
a.m. in Sayulita, Mexico, the reality star had already taken seven
shots of Jack Daniel’s whiskey and downed a whole bottle of wine.
Western Telegraph
(Wales) - Plan to introduce a minimum price for alcohol units
THE Welsh
Government plans to introduce legislation to reduce cut-price alcohol
sales with the introduction of a minimum unit cost.
The Conversation
AU - Doctors and nurses can’t always tell if someone’s drunk
or on drugs, and misdiagnosis can be dangerous
Bob has arrived at
the emergency department at 10am on a Tuesday after breaking several
fingers slamming his hand in a car door. Bob is quite anxious; he
speaks quickly and paces around.
ABC Online
(Australia) - Communities losing ground in war against liquor
giants: experts
More than three
quarters of court cases where local communities are against big
alcohol stores being built are being thrown out because judges do not
have to consider the health impacts of planning decisions.
The Guardian
(Australia) - Tackling alcohol in remote areas: communities plead
for local control
Alcohol, it does
have a ripple effect, it’s one person who goes out drinking but
there might be 10 or 12 people living in that same house,” says
Melanie Rarrtjiwuy Herdman in the north-east Arnhem Land community of
Yirrkala.
The Moscow Times
(Russia) - New Law Simplifying Alcohol Sales Comes Into Effect
Starting July 4,
Russian retailers can now accept drivers licenses and Fan IDs, an
identification document for spectators at the 2017 FIFA
Confederations Cup or the 2018 World Cup, from individuals who wish
to purchase alcohol, the Kommersant newspaper reported.
Herald Palladium
(USA) - Michigan pays a high tab for excessive drinking
Some sobering
facts about alcohol consumption in Michigan: 20 percent of adults fit
the definition of being excessive drinkers, according to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
New Zealand Herald
- Campaigns like Dry July can work, but not for everyone
Dry July annual
campaign to raise funds for people affected by cancer has begun and
thousands have pledged to abstain for the month.
The Standard
(Kenya) - Contain the rising levels of alcoholism
Authorities have
not done enough to help contain the hopeless case of alcoholism in
Kiambu County if results of a baseline survey on drug abuse are
anything to go by. The county still has the highest levels of
alcoholism in the country.
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