Issue No 3 2012

On the cover of this issue

• Government launches Alcohol Strategy Consultation

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Also in this issue:

• Alcohol Pricing - The Government’s proposals

• MUP “unpopular with the public”

• Royal Navy ‘should introduce random breath tests’

• Action needed on liver disease, alcohol - Chief Medical Officer

• Scotland: alcohol deaths down but still a long way to go

• Plan to lower Scots drink drive limit endorsed

• Further support for London’s ‘sobriety scheme’ for offenders

• Teenage binge drinking: it’s in the genes, say brain scientists...Or...

• ...it’s all down to bad parenting - says DEMOS

• Weakness in working memory predicts progression of alcohol use in early adolescents

• Under the influence? Alcohol Discussion Kit

• NICE Alcohol guidance for local authorities

• Fall continues in numbers of under 18s receiving substance abuse treatment

• Alcohol treatment system “working well”

• Pop star ‘drank herself to death by accident’

• But it’s not all about teenagers - Alcohol concern says ‘baby boomers’ are draining NHS resources through alcohol misuse.

• Over the Limit: the truth about families and alcohol

• Alcohol Concern calls for total abstinence - but only for a month

• A computer-based test that could help heavy drinkers reduce their alcohol consumption has been developed by researchers at the University of Liverpool