More than  70 health organisations  (PDF) from across the UK have backed a new independent alcohol strategy calling for the UK Government to prioritise Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP), amongst a set of…

From Medical News Today:   Experts call for urgent changes to "flawed" regulatory system to protect children Children in Britain are more exposed to alcohol promotion than adults and need much…

From Independent.ie Health organisations have called on the UK Government to prioritise its proposal for a minimum price on alcohol. A report by the University of Stirling sets out policies…

Five datasets hosted by the Economic and social Data underpin the research evidence which UK and Scottish governments are using for plans to reduce alcohol misuse.

Disclosure Statement Simone Pettigrew receives funding from Australian Research Council, Healthway WA, Cancer Council.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For heavy drinkers in treatment for domestic violence problems, an extra therapy session targeting alcohol abuse may help to speed overall improvement in violent behavior, according to a new study.

OPINION: Generally speaking, if a population drinks more, then there are more heavy drinkers and more harm from alcohol (similarly if a population drinks less, there will be less harm).

Disclosure Statement Robin Room receives funding from the Victoria Department of Health, the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, the Australian Research Council and the World Health Organization.

Disclosure Statement Steve Allsop receives funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and has received fundng from competitive funding sources such as NHMRC, ARC and Healthway (WA).

The true extent of alcohol and drug-fuelled violence in WA has been laid bare with statistics revealing that the substances were involved in almost 70 per cent of the 200,000 physical assaults in the State last year.