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Drink
duty 'spells doom' for pubs |
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The brewing industry is warning of more pub
closures after tax changes that will add 4p to the price of a
pint [BBC, UK] |
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Pubs,
not supermarkets, likely to be hit hardest by efforts to curb
binge drinking |
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The move is unlikely to have an immediate impact
on supermarkets' cut-price promotions, which are close to record
lows before St Patrick's Day and Easter, two big drinking occasions
next week [Guardian, UK] |
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How
tax increases cut drinking |
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International studies have found that even
moderate tax rises can reduce road accidents and fatalities caused
by excessive drinking, as well as deaths from cirrhosis and alcohol-related
violent crime [Guardian, UK] |
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Drinking
and Driving 2007: Prevalence, Decision Making and Attitudes |
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This research aimed to measure prevalence of
driving after drinking alcohol (both within and above the legal
limit), and to examine attitudes towards drinking and driving
amongst drivers in Scotland [Scottish Government, UK] |
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Calls
to reduce drink driving limit |
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Justice Secretary MacAskill has today written
to the UK Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly asking her to reduce
the drink driving limit from 80mg to 50mg per 100ml of blood
and introduce random breath testing to further crack down on
drink driving [Scottish Government, UK] |
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Increase
on Alcohol Duty must come with minimum price setting |
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An increase on Alcohol Duty must be combined
with minimum price setting if it is to have the desired impact
on binge drinking among young people [Addaction, UK] |
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AFS
reaction to Budget |
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Alcohol Focus Scotland welcomes the increase
in duty on beers, wines, ciders and spirits announced by the
Chancellor today [AFS, UK] |
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Tax
hike on booze is the right way forward, say doctors |
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Dr Vivienne Nathanson, the BMA’s Head
of Science and Ethics, said: “It is very important that
tax increases on alcohol are part of a larger plan to reduce
problem drinking.” [BMA, UK] |
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UNODC
director describes DPA event as '1000 lunatics', 'obviously
on drugs' |
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In a strange and disturbing turn of events
here in Vienna at the UN CND, the UNODC director Antonio Maria
Costa, who had seemed to be making positive rhetorical gestures
to the concerns of the NGO community with his speech on Monday,
has this morning managed to spectacularly embarrass the UNODC
with some intemperate remarks insulting a large swathe of the
very civil society he has been at such pains to claim meaningful
engagement with [TDPF, UK] |
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UNAIDS
and NGO statements shake CND out of its stupor |
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the complete text of the contribution from
the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (with references)
delivered to yesterday's plenary session by Susan Timberlake
[TDPF, UK] |
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Harm
Reduction Through a Pharmacy Near You |
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DPA Southern California recently brought together
more than 60 pharmacists and healthcare professionals to learn
about how harm reduction principles and over-the-counter sales
of syringes at pharmacies can reduce the spread of HIV, hepatitis
C and other blood-borne diseases [DPA, USA] |
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Methamphetamine,
Cocaine Use Plummet; New Workplace Drug Testing Data Show Effects
of Supply Crunch |
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John Walters, Director of National Drug Control
Policy, today highlighted new data showing significant reductions
in meth and cocaine positivity rates in the American workforce,
as well as continued disruptions in the supply of both drugs
[ONDCP, USA] |
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What
Research Tells Us About the Reasonableness of the Current Priorities
of National Drug Control |
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Testimony presented before the House Oversight
and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy.
17-page PDF [RAND, USA] |
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