Canada: Preventing Problematic Substance Use in Youth
Canada: Preventing Problematic Substance Use in Youth News Release News Provided By Public Health Agency of Canada October 23, 2018 Chief Public Health Officer of Canada releases her 2018 report on the state of public health in Canada MONTREAL, Oct. 23, 2018 /CNW/ – Problematic use of alcohol, cannabis and opioids is a serious issue in Canada. The more than […]
U.S. takes step towards allowing hair testing
U.S. takes step towards allowing hair testing Truck News October 25, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. signed into law yesterday legislation that will allow fleets to employ hair testing, a move the American Trucking Associations (ATA) has been lobbying for. The bill, which cleared Congress, was designed to combat the opioid crisis in the […]
What Happened After 2 Colleges Banned Hard Liquor at Fraternities
What Happened After 2 Colleges Banned Hard Liquor at Fraternities Source: https://www.chronicle.com/ By Andy Tsubasa Field October 21, 2018 In 2015, Jason Blincow, then president of the U. of Missouri at Columbia’s Interfraternity Council, helped introduce a ban on hard liquor for fraternity and sorority members. Three years ago, when beer wasn’t allowed in certain fraternity […]
Europe: WHO helps EU Member States enhance surveillance of alcohol consumption and harm
Europe: WHO helps EU Member States enhance surveillance of alcohol consumption and harm World Health Organization (Europe) October 24, 2018 WHO has developed a series of measures and instruments to support Member States in their efforts to enhance alcohol surveillance and improve the national processes for estimating alcohol consumption and the burden of alcohol-attributable disease. […]
14-year-old in serious condition after vaping alcohol
14-year-old in serious condition after vaping alcohol WKOW October 23, 2018 PATCH GROVE, WI (WKOW) — A 14-year-old is in serious condition after vaping alcohol. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office and West Grant EMS responded to River Ridge High School Tuesday morning. The investigation showed the male possibly inhaled alcohol through a vaping device and it […]
The case for calling alcohol a drug
The case for calling alcohol a drug Source: BMJ 18 October 2018 The words that clinicians use matter. Professors Kypros Kypri and Jim McCambridge argue that the way we categorise these words is also important, particularly in relation to drug and addiction policy (doi:10.1136/bmj.k3944). Policy could deal with smoking, drugs, and alcohol separately. Or it […]
New target of alcohol in the brain
New target of alcohol in the brain Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/ October 22, 2018 Summary: When alcohol enters the brain, it causes neurons in a specialized region called the ventral tegmental area, or VTA — also known as the “pleasure center” — to release dopamine, a neurotransmitter that produces those feel-good sensations, and tells the brain that whatever […]
CA: San Diego of California ranks No.1 on average alcohol consume in U.S.
CA: San Diego of California ranks No.1 on average alcohol consume in U.S. Xinhua Editor Yamei October 22, 2018 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — A new study conducted by the Delphi Behavioral Health Group showed residents in San Diego, a California city located near the U.S. and Mexico border, spent more money on alcohol on average […]
Australians drinking less alcohol now than any time in past 50 years
Australians drinking less alcohol now than any time in past 50 years Bureau of Statistics data shows beer still nation’s favourite drink, just ahead of wine Source: Australian Associated Press 3 Sep 2018 Australians are drinking less alcohol now than at any time in the past 50 years, and beer is still rated as the […]
New York: 70 businesses selling alcohol in three square blocks: Living in Manhattan’s “Hell Square”
New York: 70 businesses selling alcohol in three square blocks: Living in Manhattan’s “Hell Square” Source: https://www.marketplace.org/ By Ryan Kailath August 30, 2018 Manhattan’s Lower East Side is a famous neighborhood that contains many smaller, informal neighborhoods within it. There’s the Puerto Rican Loisiaida, the gauntlet of ultra-hip art galleries around Ludlow and Orchard streets, and […]