Ireland has a bigger problem with alcohol than with drugs, the Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy said yesterday. RóisÃn Shortall said she was particularly concerned about the availability of alcohol for young people.
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Women are now being targeted by the booze industry, but even low levels of daily drinking come with health risks
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Alcohol consumption has a "significant" influence on suicide levels among males at all ages and young women, research shows. The study says that alcohol has a "much larger" impact on…
News-Medical.Net | Teenagers who drink alcohol spend more time on their computers for recreational use, including social networking and downloading and listening to music, compared with their peers who don't drink.
ALCOHOL consumption has a "significant" influence on suicide levels among males at all ages and young women, research shows.
GROWING numbers of people are developing liver disease in their 20s and 30s because of heavy boozing, according to new research. A rise in alcohol abuse, including binge drinking, is fuelling a worrying increase in liver disease at a younger age.
ALCOHOL was listed on death certificates in almost 1,900 fatalities over a three-year period, statistics reveal.
The Scottish Government's unprecedented majority will allow them to revisit failed policies ... but they say they do not intend to force through new laws.