Addiction a live GAA issue, warns psychologist
A SPORTS psychologist who deals with GAA players who have alcohol addiction problems has disclosed that the youngest person she is dealing with is just 15.
Minimum price for booze and single police force among 15 new bills put forward by SNP government
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has put economic growth and gaining more powers for Scotland at the heart of his programme for government. The SNP leader set out his aims as he unveiled 15 pieces of legislation, in
Alcohol factor in quarter of child deaths
Youth alcohol-related deaths, such as Wellington student Daniel Hansman, are under the spotlight again in a new report. The report by the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee found alcohol contributed to the deaths of one in four children and young people who died between 2005 and 2007.
South Africa to ban alcohol advertising
AFP - South Africa plans to ban alcohol advertising in a bid to rein in violent crime fuelled by excessive drinking, the health minister said Tuesday. With one of the world's highest crime rates, the country attracts foreign experts
Off-licence ‘link’ to underage drink hospital cases
The number of off-licence premises in an area is statistically linked to the number of underage drinkers admitted to hospital for alcohol-related problems, a study suggests.
SHOCKING FIGURES SHOW HOW ALCOHOL IS FUELLING VIOLENCE
THREE out of four violent crimes are committed under the influence of alcohol in some parts of Scotland.
Booze brains: Scans reveal alcohol doesn’t make you behave badly, it just stops you caring about the embarrassment
Unless you are teetotal, we've all had a morning after when we are forced to wonder why on earth we did that hugely embarrassing thing while drunk the previous night.
ASAI Urges Industry to Defend Self Regulation
With two separate reviews of the codes covering the advertising of food and alcohol products underway, the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) has written to the various industry stakeholders calling on them to support and defend the concept of self-regulation in the industry.
Adult Scots buy 23% more alcohol than other UK adults
Adults in Scotland are consuming 23% more alcohol than adults in England and Wales, official figures have revealed. The NHS Health Scotland report said that percentage represented the biggest difference recorded during the 17 years of measuring th
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