UK Recommends Weekly 'Alcohol Holidays' for Good Health
UK Recommends Weekly 'Alcohol Holidays' for Good Health
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Politicians in the United Kingdom have called for a review of government guidelines on alcohol consumption. Alongside its current recommendation that people should limit their total alcohol intake to three to four units per day for men and two to three units for women (there are about two units in a glass of wine), members of a House of Commons committee said the U.K. health department should …
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Ireland: Bishops welcome plan to control alcohol prices
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The Irish Bishops’ Drugs and Alcohol Initiative have welcomed the proposal to introduce a minimum cost for alcohol retail outlets. In addition to the human suffering faced by families across Ireland, it is estimated that alcohol abuse costs the State €3.7 billion each year through illness, absenteeism and crime. Bishop Walsh said: “Alcohol is no ordinary consumer
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New campaign to tackle binge drinking on coast
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SCARBOROUGH Council chiefs are set to adopt a new three-year strategy to tackle alcohol abuse that is rife along the North Yorkshire coast.
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Doctors ‘failing to broach taboo of alcohol abuse’, LMC warns
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PROBLEM drinkers in Hull are failing to get the help they need because alcohol abuse is still considered a “taboo” subject, a doctors’ organisation has warned.
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Geneva to raise alcohol fines, ban fake pot
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Getting caught drinking underage in Geneva may soon cost young people a lot more. The city council is poised to more than double the fine, from $ 100 to $ 250, hoping that will get people to take the matter seriously. Council members also are voting to make synthetic marijuana illegal. "I don't believe increasing the fine is the only way to get a parent to pay attention to what their children are …
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