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Alcohol Policy UK (UK) - 'Children, Young People and Alcohol' DCSF report published

The report 'Children, Young People and Alcohol' aims to better understand parents’ and young people’s attitudes and behaviour towards alcohol and alcohol consumption.

Telegraph.co.uk (Portugal) - Alcohol-free resort launched for recovering addicts

Europe’s first alcohol-free holiday resort – aimed at recovering addicts – has been unveiled in Portugal.

Times of India - Anti-booze adverts 'raise alcohol use'

Advertising campaigns that warn against alcohol abuse can actually spur increase in drinking among target audiences, claims a new study.

AFP (Latvia) - Latvia bans alcohol sales on first day of school

Latvia on Thursday banned alcohol sales on September 1, the first day of school known as Knowledge Day, which returning students often spend drinking rather than learning.

Behavioral Health Central (USA) - Reports from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism describe recent advances in adolescence

Research findings, 'Alcohol response and consumption in adolescent rhesus macaques: life history and genetic influences,' are discussed in a new report.

Seattle Times - 'Alcopops' only look innocent, hook kids on booze

The alcohol industry has found ways to make its products attractive to kids, and parents may not realize what it is their children are drinking.

The Press Association - Boozers 'can't blame peer pressure'

People who drink to excess may no longer be able to blame their friends for piling on the pressure, new research has revealed.

Herald Scotland (Scotland) - 'Minimum price plan for alcohol backed by children’s charities'

A consortium of Scottish children’s organisations today urges the Government to put “children’s interests at the heart of alcohol policy”.

Medical News Today - Alcohol's Hidden Effects Revealed In New NHS Campaign

A new 6 million pound NHS campaign to reveal alcohol's hidden effects warns people of the unseen damage caused by regularly drinking more than the advised limits and highlights drinkers' affected

Daily Mail - Underage drinking 'is bigger problem for white middle class families'

Underage drinking is most common among white middle-class families and liberal parenting attitudes are to blame, a government report has warned.

Telegraph.co.uk (UK) - Teenagers most likely to get alcohol from parents – study

Less than a fifth of parents - 17 per cent - said they had thought about what they would do if their child drank too much, while 80 per cent said they would “deal with it when it happens”.

BBC News (UK) - £1 drinks offers 'irresponsible' says Alcohol Concern

"Irresponsible" cheap drinks promotions in Welsh pubs and clubs lead to serious health problems, a charity says.

YLE News (Finland) - Funding Squeeze Sends Finland’s Alcohol-Loving Rats to the US

Spending cuts at the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) are halving the number of alcohol researchers at the organisation. The institute is also forced to relinquish its special stra

The Epoch Times - FAS Children: Society's Expensive Problem

Destroying yourself with alcohol is one thing. Destroying an innocent fetus by excessive use of alcohol is maternal madness. Yet every year in Canada, alcohol-riddled babies are born suffering fr

ABC News (USA) - Drunk Driving on the Rise Among Young Women

Increases in alcohol-related fatalities among young women drivers have outpaced the decade-long rise in such deaths among young men, researchers have found.

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