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The Health Minister Edwin Poots has said the Executive is determined to introduce new legislation to raise the minimum price per unit of alcohol.

VICTORIAN kids are getting drunk on alcohol sachets ordered from overseas websites for as little as 25c a shot.

Drinkers should be given separate daily and weekly alcohol limits to prevent them consuming their entire recommended allowance at the weekend, a former government adviser has said.

BINGE-drinking is causing a “tide of harm” which will worsen if recommended alcohol limits are raised, an expert said yesterday.

MORE restrictions on alcohol advertising - and even a ban - are needed if Wales is to win its fight against excessive drinking, Health Minister Lesley Griffiths said today.

CAMPAIGNS to promote responsible drinking have little effect and may even be counterproductive, a report published today(Weds) claims. The Alcohol Concern Cymru report says there is “little evidence” education camp

Responsible drinking campaigns by the alcohol industry have little effect on cutting consumption, a new report says Researchers found manufacturers' health messages were ambiguous and suggested alcohol only caused problems in the wrong han

Alcohol-industry campaigns to promote responsible drinking may instead be encouraging people to drink more, according to a new study. Researchers from Glyndwr and Bangor universities in Wales reviewed responsible-drinking campaigns in different countri

FRANKFURT, Germany, October 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Iceland and Actavis continue to support the fight against substance abuse Cross reference: Picture is available via epa european pressphoto agency and can be do