One in 25 deaths across the globe can be directly attributed to alcohol consumption, according to new research from the Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
"These numbers are high," says Dr. Jurgen Rehm, one of the authors of the study published in this week’s edition of the Lancet. "And they’re only getting higher as more people drink in higher volumes and more frequent...
Is it possible that a specific stress hormone can be responsible for the development and maintenance of alcohol dependence? According to a team of scientists from the Scripps Research Institute, the corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) plays this significant role.
In a Science Daily report on this study, it was also found that chemically blocking the stress factor also blocked the signs and symptoms of addiction,...
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Over a five-year period, 360 students were suspended from secondary schools in Northern Ireland because of alcohol abuse. The BBC reports that the figures were released in response to an assembly question which was asked by the SDLP MLA Thomas Burns.
Burns said he was "shocked" by the number of suspensions, which he described as "totally unacceptable." He added, "The last thing anyone wants...
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Alcohol misuse could be costing every adult in Scotland £900 every year, according to a new report by York University economists, who said the problem may be costing taxpayers between £2.4bn and £4.6bn.
The Scottish government said the research strengthened its argument for minimum alcohol pricing. The BBC reports that ministers do not have enough support to get the plan through parliament, with...
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A Massachusetts senator who blamed failed alcohol tests on his toothpaste was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for violating his probation in a hit-and-run accident and faces possible expulsion from the state Senate.
The Associated Press reports that Cambridge Democrat Anthony Galluccio pleaded guilty last month to leaving the scene of an accident that caused minor injuries to a father and his 13-year-old son. As...
