Responding to the plan by the Government to crack down on binge drinking hotspots and give communities more influence over licensing applications, Chris Sorek, Chief Executive of alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, says: “Alcohol misuse costs society £25 billion a year* and it is imperative our culture’s binge drinking problem is tackled head on…
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Drinkaware Response To Plans By The Government To Crack Down On Binge Drinking Hotspots, UK
There are so many stories around alcohol and drinking that it’s hard to know what to believe. Knowing the facts about how drinking affects your body is the best way to make sure you drink safely. Below are some common myths around drinking . Read on to find out the real facts about alcohol…
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NHS Choices: Five Drinking Myths
The Wall Street Journal: “Frustrated by Albany’s backlog of unpaid bills, cash-strapped local governments around New York are threatening to suspend their Medicaid payments to the state. Last week, an upstate county announced that it was freezing Medicaid payments to Albany…
Synthetic marijuana products being sold at gas stations, convenience stores and “head shops” have spurred more than 750 calls to U.S. poison centers this year alone, causing increased concern among doctors and clinicians as well as state lawmakers, who are quickly moving to outlaw such products…
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American Association Of Poison Control Centers: Fake Marijuana Spurs More Than 750 Calls To U.S. Poison Centers This Year Alone
The European Medicines Agency has finalised a review of modified-release oral opioids of the WHO level III scale for the management of pain…
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European Medicines Agency Concludes Review Of Modified-Release Oral Opioids Of The WHO Level III Scale For The Management Of Pain
Three quarters of British adults support the removal of shop displays of tobacco (73 per cent) and a complete ban on cigarette vending machines (77 per cent) according to a new survey commissioned by Cancer Research UK this weekend…
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Huge Public Support To Remove Cigarette Vending Machines And Tobacco Displays In Shops
Most older gay and bisexual men enrolled in a long-term study of HIV used recreational drugs infrequently over a 10-year period, report University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health researchers at the XVIII International AIDS Conference…
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Most Men In Long-Term Study Of HIV Report Low Use Of Illicit Drugs
Few colleges and college communities have taken steps to implement recommendations to reduce college student drinking, according to a new study released by researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Alcohol consumption by U.S…
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Little Action Has Been Taken On Recommendations Aimed To Curb College Drinking
American-Indian adolescents continue to have the highest rates of illicit drug use among all ethnic groups. Although previous research has found that increasing adolescent exposure to protective factors can reduce their risk for substance abuse, this has not been thoroughly examined in American-Indian adolescents…
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Youth Buffered Against Risk Factors Related To Drug Abuse By Healthy Family Relationships And Religious Involvement
While the prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in the United States during the 1980s was roughly five times more common among men than women, the gap between the genders has narrowed: AUDs are now only twice as prevalent in men than in women. Treatment for alcohol dependence (AD) utilizes multiple therapeutic modalities, including pharmacotherapy…
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No Gender Difference In Response To Naltrexone As Treatment For Alcohol Dependence
