WA parents have been told by the State Government not to give their teenage children alcohol at home. Youth Minister Robyn McSweeney and Mental Health Minister Helen Morton said yesterday it was a bad idea to introduce alcohol to children even under supervision before they turned 18.
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Only eight A&E departments nationally offer alcohol harm reduction interventions for under-16s, Alcohol Concern says
Indigenous Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda is lobbying for a minimum alcohol price in the Northern Territory.
Senate Bill 232 -- introduced in November by state senator Jane Nelson and currently being debated by the Criminal Justice Committee of the Texas State Senate -- recommends that every person put on probation following a conviction of driving while intoxicated (DWI) wear an alcohol-sensing monitor.
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Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, has launched a new national on-line guide to alcohol services around the country which is searchable by age of the person…
More than 60 per cent of adults aged under 65 in Ireland are either obese or overweight, according to the results of a State-wide study released yesterday. The National Adult…
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Factors studied include estimating extend and duration of hospital admissions due to alcohol misuse and obesity in Wales The cost of obesity to the NHS in Wales is £73m, an academic study from Swansea University has calculated.