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As American ushers in the New Year, an American news and opinion website has ranked Milwaukee as the "Drunkest City in America." On New Year's Eve The Daily Beast released their ranking of which cities are extremely zealous when it comes to chugging down a few cold ones. According to a national study performed by the website, Milwaukee adults drink more alcoholic beverages than any other city in the US. On average, they drank nearly 13 drinks per month. And according to The Daily Beast, 21.8...
The MCI (http://www.mcia.co.uk) is calling on riders to cut their Christmas drinking if they are planning to ride. (PRWeb UK) December 17, 2010 The Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI) is calling on riders to cut their Christmas drinking if they are planning to ride. The latest analysis of drink-drive statistics show that in 2008, of the motorcycle riders tested following an accident, 1.4 per cent failed a breathalyzer test compared to an average of 2.7 per cent for all road user...
Research: Testing the validity of the Danish urban myth that alcohol can be absorbed through feet: Open labeled self experimental studyResearch in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com today explodes the Danish myth that it is possible to get drunk by submerging your feet in alcohol.The authors, led by Dr Peter Lommer Kristensen from the Hillerød Hospital in Denmark, say it was important that the myth underwent scientific scrutiny to prevent students wasting their time experimenting...
Adolescents and young adults are most likely to abuse prescription medications. Yet prescription rates for controlled medications, or drugs the Drug Enforcement Administration deems as having the potential for abuse, have nearly doubled for those age groups in the past 14 years, according to a recent study published in Pediatrics. Overall, a controlled medication was prescribed for young adults at approximately one out of every six visits and for young adult by adolescents one out of every...
Evaluation shows outreach by sex workers provides a key link to health, support servicesA mobile outreach program staffed by current and former sex workers is associated with increased entry to detoxification and residential drug treatment among women in street-based sex work, according to an evaluation led by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British Columbia (UBC).The study, recently published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Drug and Alcohol...
NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The distribution, sale and consumption of beverage alcohol is highly regulated by both the state and federal governments. Did you know that Iowa mandates ignition interlock devices for drunk drivers? Did you know that alcohol is prohibited to be sold in Kentucky on Election Day? Did you know that happy hour is prohibited in Illinois bars and restaurants? Help stay current with the changes in the laws concerning marketing and merchandising beverage...
Health and social services are facing a new challenge, as many illicit drug users get older and face chronic health problems and a reduced quality of life. That is one of the key findings of research published in the September issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.UK researchers interviewed eleven people aged 49 to 61 in contact with voluntary sector drug treatment services."This exploratory study, together with our wider research, suggest that older people who continue to use...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the fourth consecutive year, the Beer Institute (BI) and its members are proud to support the federal government's "We Don't Serve Teens" program. Launched in 2007, the campaign provides parents and other adults with educational tools to help reduce illegal teen drinking. "As an industry, brewers and importers develop and participate in a host of programs to help parents address underage drinking and effectively talk about it with their...
Britons, infamous for their binge-drinking, broke tradition last year with less alcohol consumption in the country, showing the biggest fall since 1948, according to industry figures Friday.Health concerns and the recession brought on a six percent decline in 2009, becoming the fourth annual drop in five years, figures released by the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) showed.Consumption of alcohol remained below the European Union average in Britain, BBPA said, which relied mainly on...
Despite medical research that indicates Vancouver's supervised injection facility, Insite, reduces needle-sharing and overdose deaths, the facility's fate is uncertain, states an analysis article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) (pre-embargo link only) http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj100032.pdf.Insite was North America's first sanctioned supervised safe injection site, opened in 2003 under the then Liberal government. In 2006, a Conservative government removed harm reduction from...
