August 18, 2008 Drug Addiction news
His declaration that all youths involved in alcohol-related violence should expect to go to jail was seen as striking a blow for safer streets. And as a senior legal figure, Judge Graham Cottle’s vow to take a ‘zero tolerance’ approach carried serious weight.
ALCOHOL – UK
Police to run drink awareness sessions for new first-year students – CRP News
Incoming first-year students at St Andrews University are to be given anti-drinking lessons from the police. Binge drinking has become an unwelcome feature of some traditional events at the university, which may be discontinued as a result.
ALCOHOL – UK
Booze-check website for students to be extended – CRP News
Health researchers at Leeds University have developed a website that encourages students to keep track of their drinking. The system seems to help reduce individual drinking levels and now is being rolled out to other universities.
ALCOHOL – UK
Shame of binge drink Britons abroad as number arrested on holiday soars 15% - Daily Mail
Drunken and loutish holidaymakers have sent Britain’s reputation abroad plunging to new depths. A shocking Foreign Office report reveals a huge rise in the number of arrests of Britons overseas.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
How Big Pharma Is Fooling You — and Your Doctor — with Junk Science – Alter Net
It’s no secret that the pharmaceutical industry trades in junk science. Prescription drug companies distort research, fudge measures of drug effectiveness and generally control our knowledge of what works in medication.
ALCOHOL –USA
University to monitor alcohol incidents as new dorm opens – Gateway
It might come as a surprise to those students living on campus that despite being of legal age to consume alcohol, they are prohibited by the code of conduct and university policy from possessing alcohol while on university property.
ALCOHOL – UK
Alcohol linked to rise in British arrests abroad – Guardian
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