Women, we’ve got to talk about our drinking
British girls are the west's biggest teenage drinkers. As we were with tobacco, we're in deep denial about the dangers of alcohol. From The Guardian Years ago, I started having…
Day Devoted to Hoisting Guinness Starts to Leave a Bitter Taste
DUBLIN ”” Bars across Ireland will be thronged on Thursday with early evening drinkers. Groups of inebriated young people will be staggering around the streets, and hospital emergency rooms will…
Alcohol Related Emergency Room Visits Up 38% for Men and Women in United States
Data released this week by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that alcohol-related visits to hospital emergency rooms rose 38% from 2001 to 2010. Regardless of…
Energy drinks and alcohol: research supported by industry may be downplaying harms
Mixing alcohol with so called energy drinks has become popular, but with what risk? Peter Miller worries that research does not consider real world levels of consumption and that researchers'…
Football spectators subjected to ‘embedded’ drinks marketing
The marketing of alcohol products in sport is far more subtle and widespread than commonly acknowledged, according to new research. From the Irish Times A study of televised football matches…
Victim’s alcohol-violence film
A man attacked on a night out in Swansea has spoken out about the devastating impact it has done to his life. His powerful film forms part of the One…
Can a glass of wine a day reduce depression risk? – NHS Choices examines research that led to high profile media coverage
Drinking a glass of wine every day may be good for mental health, report The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian. From NHS Choices The story is based on a Spanish…
Think-tank claims UK has drink epidemic and drug addiction levels threatening society
The UK is the "addiction capital of Europe", with some of its highest rates of opiate addiction and dependence on alcohol, a major new report warns. From RTE.ie Alcohol and…
Action call as social media marketing of alcohol reeling in young audience
ALCOHOL companies are using Twitter to plug their products to a young and potentially underage audience, prompting calls for greater regulation of social media. From the Herald Sun The power…
Invisible harms
The toll of mental illness and substance abuse by age From The Economist THEY account for a relatively small share of the world's premature deaths -- but they are the…
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