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Recent research shows how the relationship between alcohol consumption, queuing and crowds can lead to violent behaviour in city centres at night.
Public policies should be looking to increase awareness of the link between alcohol and suicide and to assess and treat problematic alcohol use as a way to prevent suicide.
Our study found women aren’t necessarily aware of the link between alcohol and breast cancer. And even when they are, they aren’t always able to ‘choose’ to quit.
Canada’s new alcohol guidelines cut the number of drinks per week in the ‘low-risk’ category by almost half for women, and by more than half for men. Here’s how researchers came to these conclusions.
Lagos waste pickers were dissatisfied with their unhealthy working conditions, poverty and stigmatisation.
Many of our interviewees didn’t see alcohol as only a bad thing and had complex reasons for their relationships with alcohol.
An analysis shows that Black students at more racially segregated schools have a greater tendency to turn to the bottle.
Data is patchy but this is what we know so far.
We know stressful circumstances make people more vulnerable to developing addictions. Meanwhile, people seeking help for addiction may have had their treatment disrupted because of lockdowns.
Consuming alcohol makes accidents more likely and it can harm your heart, your liver and even change your brain. But making the sale of beer, wine and hard liquor illegal flopped.
Today’s non-alcoholic drinks are perfectly at home in the wine bar or on the cocktail shelf.
The story of the alleged Atlanta shooter highlights the two most common ways Americans think about compulsive behaviors – considering them the results of temptation and treating them as diseases.
University students had high rates of mental health issues before the pandemic. The additional stressors of COVID-19 and social isolation will make them even more vulnerable over the winter.
Buddy circles expand on the concept of a designated driver, encompassing other substances and risks — including COVID-19 and social media — to build a harm mitigation strategy for the 21st century.
Beer was extremely popular in ancient Mesopotamia. Sipped through straws, it differed from today’s beer and was enjoyed by people from all walks of life.
New research shows Australians are becoming more open to less punitive responses to drug use.
Young New Zealanders are less likely to use cannabis than their 1990s counterparts. But if New Zealand decides to legalise recreational use, teens will have easier access.
Around 30% of people who start FebFast don’t make it through the month without alcohol. But you can increase your chances with careful planning and good support.
The era of Prohibition, which began in 1920 and ended in 1933, left many legacies – more modest drinking was not among them.
Top contributors
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Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University
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Lecturer in Health Psychology, University of Bath
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Professor of Public Health Research, Co-Director of Crime and Security Research Institute and Director of the Violence Research Group, Cardiff University
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Professor of Public Health, Torrens University Australia
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Post-doctoral researcher in Public Health, Torrens University Australia
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Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies, Deakin University
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Professor of Social Psychology, University of Bath
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Scientist, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and Professor of Psychology, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine; Weiner Hailey Family Professor, Tufts University
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Clinical Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Head of the Division of Public Health Medicine in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University
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Professor in Data Science and Health Services Research, University of Manchester
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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Professor and Director of the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University
