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Bringing Alcohol News to You
It’s November 1st if anyone can believe it. Time is flying past. I hope that everyone had a safe and happy Halloween. I am going to start posting news, photos, and personal stories dealing with binge drinking and other alcohol-related topics. Even though the non-profit doesn’t exist, I still want to be able to help bring information for people to make the right decisions in their lives.
The costs to the NHS of this age group were more than 10 times greater than the 16 to 24-year-old group - which is often negatively associated with binge-drinking. The charity also found baby boomers were responsible for more drink-related A&E costs
In a 2008 study in West Virginia — a state with a high rate of overdoses — researchers found signs of drug misuse, including shooting drugs intended to be taken orally or drinking alcohol while taking depressant drugs like Xanax, in 95% of the deaths.
1. Drunk walking contains a bigger risk factor than you might think. The journal of Injury Prevention cites January 1 with the high incident rates of pedestrian-motor vehicle crashes (PDF). Give the feet a rest — take a cab.
When alcohol and rape mix, prevention messages matter
U.S. women: 1 in 5 in a new study say they’ve been victims of rape or attempted rape. (One 1 in 71 men report being raped as well).
But critics say they’d like to see more prevention messages aimed at men who might commit sexual assaults. A crime prevention group in Ottawa, Canada, launched just such a campaign earlier this year. It’s called Don’t Be That Guy and features these messages:
- “Just because she isn’t saying no… Doesn’t mean she’s saying yes.”
- “Just because you help her home…Doesn’t mean you get to help yourself.”
- “Just because she’s drunk doesn’t mean she wants to ****.”
A Garden Grove mother who allegedly allowed her baby boy to suffocate in a pile of clothes after she went on a Halloween drinking binge will be arraigned Tuesday in Santa Ana. Corrina Atuatasi, 27, is charged with involuntary manslaughter
Alcoholics have a higher rate of death from cancer and other causes than other people, a new study finds. Italian researchers examined data on nearly 2,300 male and female alcoholics who were treated at the Alcohol Center of Florence between 1985 and 2001.
Alcoholics have weakened communication between the frontal lobe of the brain and a brain region that plays a key role in motor control, a new study finds.
In a recent report by Phoenix’s KPHO.com, teens have been experimenting with soaking tampons in Vodka and inserting them in their bodies to get drunk. Women are inserting vodka-soaked tampons to get a more discrete and intense drunkenness.
The country is suffering as alcohol and obesity fuel both diseases.
