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South Africa wants to introduce an excise tax on alcohol to make sure no alcoholic drink can be sold below a certain price.
Even parents who don’t drink much throughout the year may have a few extra eggnogs at a Christmas party or beers while watching the Super Bowl. And that has implications for how they treat their kids.
Recent research shows how the relationship between alcohol consumption, queuing and crowds can lead to violent behaviour in city centres at night.
For years, we’ve taken major sporting events, a public holiday, added alcohol and gambling, then watched domestic violence rates rise. It’s time we did something different.
When the drinking age was lowered to 18 In 1999, critics warned it would cause an increase in alcohol-fuelled crime. But as changing the age limit is debated again, the evidence is mixed.
Stress and boredom might see us drinking more alcohol at home in the coming weeks and months. But there are alternatives.
New draft guidelines recommend limiting alcohol consumption to no more than ten standard drinks per week and no more than four standard drinks on any one day.
A program aimed at getting people home safely has cost A$300 million but has had little impact, aside from increased intoxication in CBD venues. Rates of assaults and road crashes are much the same.
The true impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on soldiers’ mental health revealed for the first time.
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London
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Senior research associate, King's College London
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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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Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies, Deakin University
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Professor, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Professor, Principal Research Fellow at the La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow, New Zealand Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
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Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University
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Cooper-Herron Endowed Professor of Mental Health Practice and Research and Professor of Social Work, University of Tennessee
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, Cardiff University
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