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There is urgent need to legislate alcoholism in Ghana – Deputy Health Minister
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Mr Mettle-Nunoo was speaking on Joy FM's Super Morning Show Thursday on a Hotline documentary compiled by Joy News' Beatrice Adu on the growing canker of alcoholism in the country. “The biggest challenge we have is with women who during …
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Bilingual Alcoholism Help Website to Reveal the Secrets of Leaving Alcohol …
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Javea, Alicante — (SBWIRE) — 07/24/2012 — A new bilingual alcoholism help website has been launched at http://comoayudaraunalcoholico.com/ to provide alcoholics and their families with the needed assistance to leave alcohol behind and start …
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Alcohol addiction consumes daily wages

Women of Mughalpura, Haryana speak out against husbands’ alcohol addiction. About the Video: India has been ranked in the bottom half among 134 countries in terms of gender equality. Fathers alone have authority on household income in most families, even if the wife is earning the money herself. In Mughalpura village Haryana man take the daily wages of their wife and spend it on alcohol instead of providing for their families. According to the patriarchal society structure women have trouble to deny their husbands the money. They are caught in a vicious circle of their husbands alcohol addiction and chronic unemployment. The Community Correspondent says: Satyawan Verma, India Unheard Community Correspondent from Mughalpura village observes: “For years men drinking has been a severe problem for the women in my community. Their income, even if they keep it in a saving account is hardly enough to feed the whole family. They need the support of their husbands to raise their children. The limitless alcohol consumption has to be stopped and these men need to start working.” The Issue: Alcoholism is a serious issue in Haryana. Compared to the national average of 0.82 litre per capita consumption 21.45 bottles were consumed in the state in 2008-09. The unemployed are especially vulnerable to a lack of alcohol regulations as their consumption often increases due to psychological stress. India is the the third largest market for alcoholic beverages. The finances and taxes generated …

 

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