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Australian racing fans are up in arms about tough new police restrictions that limit the amount of alcohol permitted around the racetrack of this weekend’s Bathurst 1000 to only 24 cans of beer per person…per day!
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Researchers studying underage drinking patterns in England say that teens that drink cider in public are most likely to suffer alcohol related consequences, while teens whose parents supply them with alcohol are less likely to get into trouble.
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Sheffield University researchers say that in Scotland, legislating a mandatory minimum price per drink of 40p (63 US cents) would save up to 370 lives per year and save the government hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Jack Straw promotes prescription heroin as a harm reduction policy
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Seeking a way to reduce some of the nation’s huge problems with excessive alcohol consumption, the British Medical Association has released a report suggesting a total ban on alcohol marketing.
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A public health survey reveals that the average Briton consumes more than 20 units of alcohol a day while on summer holiday.
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Gareth Anderson destroyed his liver over a binge drinking weekend and now needs a transplant to survive; but NHS guidelines prohibit liver transplants to patients without 6 months of consecutive alcohol abstinence. Gareth’s father is fighting in the courts to save his son and Britons are again faced with the tragic consequences of a very big national binge drinking problem.
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Problem gamblers in Australia looking for help were tricked into visiting an online gambling site.
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Problem gamblers in Australia looking for help were tricked into visiting an online gambling site.
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Russians drink, on average, 50 bottles of vodka per year per person, a figure that President Medvedev calls, “monstrous.”
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Heavier drinking is causing a dramatic increase in oral cancers in those over 40.
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A British charity survey reveals that teenagers with nothing to do are likely to take advantage of low cost alcohol to get drunk over the summer holidays.
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British alcohol experts have condemned public-health guidelines for alcohol use, saying they aren’t based on any empirical evidence and could convince alcohol users that it is OK to drink daily.
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While health advocacy groups have railed against the launch of a new super strength beer, the brewers say that their brew offers so much flavor and body – that imbibers won’t need more than a bit to feel sated.
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Inmates in 140 British prisons will eventually get their daily methadone dosage via a vending machine.
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