NordAN (Norway) – Regional overview:
intoxicated adults with children on Norway’s national day
Alcohol use and serving hours on May 17 have sparked public debate. A new
survey shows that many people have witnessed intoxicated adults accompanied by
children on the national day.
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World Health Organization (WHO) – Laws and
regulations addressing the acceptability, availability and affordability of
alcoholic beverages
The WHO Global alcohol action plan 2022-2030 aims to accelerate the
implementation of high-impact interventions for alcohol consumption and related
harm. Such interventions are often implemented through laws and regulations.
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WSJ – Women Are Drinking More—and Doctors
Are Worried
At bars and dinner tables across the U.S., women are throwing back more
drinks—raising concerns about the health consequences of their alcohol
consumption.
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Public Health Communication Centre (New
Zealand) – New Zealanders strongly support policies to curb alcohol harm –
will government listen?
Alcohol causes significant harm to the health and wellbeing of the
consumer, their families, and society as a whole, making it Aotearoa New
Zealand’s most harmful drug. The way alcohol products are currently legislated
perpetuates this, particularly for Māori who experience a disproportionate
amount of harm.
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PsyPost – Alcohol use has particularly
negative impact on individuals with ADHD
A study of individuals with alcohol use disorder in France found that the
negative impact of problematic alcohol use on quality of life is greater in
those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than in those
without the condition.
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The Local France (France) – French mayor
bans sale of alcohol to Smurfs
The mayor of a Brittany community has signed a decree banning the sale of
alcohol to Smurfs in any of the town’s bars this weekend.
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Indiana Capital Chronicle (USA) – Individuals
with brain damage due to fetal alcohol syndrome should be exempt from execution
In less than a week, Indiana is set to execute Benjamin Ritchie, a man with
significant brain damage due to Partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (pFAS) and
exposure to multiple neurotoxins, even though no jury was ever presented with
evidence about Ritchie’s multiple impairments.
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VRT (Belgium) – Alcohol ban in federal
parliament comes into force
As of next week, MPs will no longer be able to order beer or wine in the
cafeteria of the federal parliament. The ban comes two years after the Flemish
parliament abolished alcohol.
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Medical Xpress – Hidden patterns of harm
associated with intimate partner violence involving alcohol and other drugs
A new study has found that ambulance attendance rates for alcohol or
drug-related intimate partner violence are higher in Victoria’s most
disadvantaged areas and regional or remote communities.
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IAS Blog – Men bear the brunt of alcohol
harm – so why the focus on women?
Men consume more alcohol and experience more alcohol-related harms than
women. However, a recent review of 1,267 single-gender alcohol studies by our
team at La Trobe University in Australia found more published journal articles
on women’s alcohol consumption than men’s over the past decade (2014-2023).
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FARE Australia – Calling for action on a
hidden crisis: deaths from alcohol toxicity
In the six months before her death in 2023, Victorian woman Kathleen Arnold
had 319 alcohol products delivered to her home.
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NordAN (Finland) – Mental Health Policy
Advisory Board: Mental health impacts of changes to alcohol and gambling
monopolies must be assessed
The Finnish Parliament’s Mental Health Policy Advisory Board calls for
resources to prevent the expected increase in alcohol- and gambling-related
harm resulting from policy changes.
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