Parents are ‘hopelessly ignorant about drugs’
A leading social campaigner has warned there is little point in trying to educate teenagers about drugs because it is too late by then. Fr Peter McVerry was speaking at…
We’ve stopped drinking tea and hit the bottle
"No longer did you get a cup of tea when you called in to a neighbour - no, with the Celtic Tiger that day was gone. Now you'd get 'Would you…
Risk-taking in young a major concern
Dr Delia McGuinness tells the Irish Medical Times that GPs can play an important role in addressing the needs of young people in rural areas Increasing suicide rates and fatal…
Herald Scotland (Scotland) – Supermarkets should pay share of alcohol responsibility levy
Who should take responsibility for alcohol-related crime and disorder? Clearly individuals ought to drink in a fashion that does not harm others or themselves and, de facto, taxpayers pick up…
Report Recommends End To Alcohol Sponsorship In Sport
Alcohol-free sporting facilities should be provided for young people where they can go at night and engage in sports activities of their choice, while alcohol sponsorship of sport should be…
Daily Telegraph (UK), Conservative Party Conference – Theresa May signals end to super cheap alcohol
Supermarkets and shops are to be banned from selling ultra-cheap alcohol after the Home Secretary pledged to tear up Labour's "disastrous" licensing regime. Theresa May announced yesterday that she…
Dí¡il committee recommends alcohol-free sports facilities
A Dáil committee is recommending that alcohol-free sporting facilities should be provided for young people in the evenings. The committee examined the role sport can play in offering an alternative…
BBC News (Wales) – Chief medic wants alcohol licensing powers for Wales
Wales' chief medical officer has called for powers to be able to introduce tougher controls on alcohol to tackle "the binge drinking culture". Dr Tony Jewell backed Health Minister Edwina…
The Guardian (UK) – Parents adopting more open attitude to alcohol, drugs and sex
A third of UK parents see drugs as inevitable part of growing up and most allow children to drink at home from 13, study says British parents are increasingly relaxed…
‘Imbibing idiot bias’ is damaging to economy
US bosses have low tolerance for those whom they regard as prone to alcohol abuse, writes Colum Kenny The drunken moron. The imbibing idiot. That is what they think, even…
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