BNN News (Latvia) - Alcohol buyers under the
age of 25 will be required to present Ids
The Latvian Saeima has approved amendments to
the Alcohol Circulation Law that will limit alcohol consumption rates among
young people. Amendments state that buyers of alcoholic drinks who are 18 to 25
years old will be obligated to present IDs when buying alcohol.
Eurotopics (Estonia) - Policymakers must keep
Estonians off booze
In the run-up to the Midsummer celebrations next
weekend, the number of alcohol-related accidents has already risen in
Estonia.
BBN (Lithuania) - Alcohol consumption at
record high in Lithuania
Lithuania keeps suffering from net emigration,
yet those who stay or return home are consuming ever more alcohol, writes
news2biz LITHUANIA.
The Local (Sweden) - There's no such thing as
a hangover 'cure': expert
With many Swedes nursing headaches on Saturday
following an evening of revelry to celebrate Midsummer's Eve, one Swedish
physician has brought some bad news - there is no such thing as a hangover
cure.
The Local (Sweden) - Drunk men more likely to
drown: study
Men are twice as likely as women to drown,
according to a new study, with middle-aged men with alcohol in their bodies
posing the greatest risk.
Jerusalem Post - Israeli-US research: Turning
off brain trigger may prevent alcohol addictions
Israeli and US researchers were able to identify
and deactivate a brain pathway linked to cravings for alcohol in rats.
Zee News (Turkey) - Turkey passes bill
restricting alcohol sales, ads
Turkey's Parliament has passed legislation to
ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly
Muslim but secular country.
RT (Russia) - Legal vodka production falls by
one-third in Russia
Production of Vodka decreased by 30% in May
after the market was flooded with illegally made product following a rise in
excise duty earlier this year.
Times LIVE (South Africa) - NGO calls for ban
on drinks ads
Alcohol advertising encourages heavy drinking
and puts people in danger of contracting HIV through risky sexual behaviour,
according to Soul City.
Sin Chew Jit Poh (EU) - Women more at risk
than men of smoking, drinking: study
Women who smoke and drink heavily are at a
higher risk of early death than men who do the same, a study said Tuesday. Data
taken from a Europe-wide survey of some 380,000 people aged 40 and older,
revealed that women faced a disproportional risk from the already well-known ill
effects of heavy alcohol and tobacco use.
WHO Europe (Europe) - New publication: Status
report on alcohol and health in 35 European countries 2013
WHO/Europe has produced a new publication called
"Status report on alcohol and health in 35 European countries 2013".
The Local.de (Germany) - German booze
cheapest in Western Europe
Alcohol prices are much lower Germany than in
most of the rest of the EU, new figures show, with a round of drinks only coming
cheaper in three other EU states.
Wall Street Journal - Why She Drinks: Women
and Alcohol Abuse
Women's growing predilection for wine has a
darker side—and the only way to deal with it is to acknowledge the profound
differences between how women and men abuse alcohol.
ITV News (Wales) - Alcohol awareness: Next
generation learn of dangers
Future doctors have been teaching the next
generation of adults about the dangers of alcohol - as figures show Wales has
one of the worst records in Europe when it comes to the proportion of
15-year-olds getting drunk.
3AW (Australia) - Push to change legal
drinking age from 18 to 21
Doctors and academics are heading to Canberra
pushing for the legal drinking age to be lifted to 21.
The Australian (Australia) - Dear alcohol:
one woman's heart-rending story
YOUR life is going well. And then WHAM, along
comes some gut-wrenching news that rocks you to the core. I receive a call to
say my ex is ill in hospital. Seriously ill.
GoodTherapy.org (China) - Chinese Adolescent
Alcohol Use Similar to That of Western Countries
Adolescent and young adult alcohol use has long
been a social problem. Young people who consume alcohol are more likely to have
negative consequences from use, including accidents, injuries, exposure to
violence, risky sexual activity, and experimentation with other
substances.
Voxy (New Zealand) - 'Good number of
submissions received' on alcohol policy
A total of 293 submissions on the draft Local
Alcohol Policy (LAP) have already been received by the Christchurch City
Council, as of midday today.
