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The Two Faces of Christmas

Christmas is a time of festivities, but also for alcohol multinationals to push their product with aggressive marketing. Colin Shevills discusses this and Diageo's partnership...

Putting safety first

The Police Federation's Tim Rogers questions why England and Wales have the highest drink drive limits in Europe and calls on the Government to end...

None for the road: Why lowering drink drive limits didn’t lower road traffic collisions

Scotland lowered its drink driving limit in 2014, but it hasn't led to a reduction in collisions. There may be a number of reasons why,...

What can we learn from repeat drink drivers’ attitudes and beliefs about drink-driving?

Dr Andrea Mohan discusses some of the findings from the PACTS study into drink-driving published earlier this year

Drink-driving could soar as pubs reopen in July

Fears this summer could attract record numbers of drink-driving convictions, especially while public transport restrictions are still in place

Revoking the ‘License to Drink’: Emerging evidence on mandatory sobriety

Could 24/7 programs solve lingering questions about who gets the right to drink?

Alcohol control policies and alcohol-related traffic harm in Lithuania: a short summary of a success story

Mindaugas Štelemėkas chronicles the country's recent developments in alcohol policy

Don’t Drink and Drown

Royal Life Saving Society Chief Exec Di Steer draws attention to a tragic issue

Sky’s the limit – how do you manage drunk passengers on planes?

Ally Murphy recalls her cabin crew days when she had to deal with alcohol fuelled incidents on long-haul flights

Flattening the spike – drink-driving at Christmas

Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire Jason Ablewhite wants a lower limit to send a clear message that drink-driving is not acceptable at any time...

Drink-driving: Time has come – we need a lower limit

England and Wales have one of the highest legal limits for drink-driving in Europe, and the number of drink-drive deaths have stalled. Enforcement is no...

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