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A retired pathologist is calling for warning labels on alcohol bottles amid claims liquor plays a part in 40 per cent of deaths investigated by the coroner [Courier Mail, Australia]
The Auditor-General has added to pressure on the State Government to extend the court system’s largest drug rehabilitation program to people charged with alcohol-related crime [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
Aim to establish the evidence base for future policies and community materials on reducing the health risks that arise from drinking alcohol [National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia]
Almost 30 per cent of Australians aged over 18 are adversely affected by the drinking of a close family member, boyfriend, girlfriend, colleague or friend, a new survey shows [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
The Australian Drug Foundation’s new media web site [ADF, Australia]
On 27 September 2007, the Director of Liquor Licensing released his decision on restricting the sale of packaged liquor in Fitzroy Crossing [Government of Western Australia Drug and Alcohol Office]
Parents who are suspicious their children are dabbling with drugs are being offered the resources to play detective [The World Today, ABC Radio, Australia]
The second animated film in the “Is your high getting you low?” campaign launched [Australian Drug Foundation]
The arrest and conviction of an Aboriginal woman who smuggled whisky on to Palm Island is being used as a test case to overturn alcohol restrictions on Queensland’s indigenous communities [The Australian]
Drink spiking refers to the practice of adding alcohol or another substance to a person’s drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) without their knowledge [Australian Drug Foundation]
Real stories by young people. Find answers to cannabis questions [National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre, Australia]
Covers the latest Australian news and research on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs [Australian National Council on Drugs]
A 22-year-old British man who became an alcoholic as a teenager has died after doctors refused to give him a liver transplant [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
“Welcome to the mad house,” a man utters ominously as we enter Royal Brisbane Hospital’s emergency department in the early hours of Sunday [Courier Mail, Australia]
Emergency departments in Queensland public hospitals are being strained by hundreds of thousands of drunken and violent patients [Courier Mail, Australia]
Owners of pubs and clubs who adopt measures to stamp out alcohol-related violence fear they will suffer significant financial losses, a new study shows [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
A leaked recommendation from a government report has called for an end to alcohol sponsorship of sport to help fight disease and increase life expectancy, and Chapman says if Australia’s drinking culture is to change, the way alcohol is promoted in sport must cease [Sydney Morning Herald, Australia]
Some critics now blame today’s problems — binge-drinking, public drunkenness and huge all-night venues — on the changes [The Age, Australia]
Banning alcohol sponsorship and advertising would devastate sport and not make a dent on problem drinking, major sporting groups said yesterday [Daily Telegraph, Australia]
“The health of all Australians is worth much more than the estimated loss to sporting codes of $300 million a year in sponsorships,” Mr David Templeman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia [ADCA]
