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| Cannabis was downgraded to a class C non-arrestable drug on 29th January 2004. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Triple Helix - Winter 2004 |
| The nation is up in arms about our young lasses penchant for boozing. Apparently, 22 per cent of girls aged 14 to 17 binge-drink, compard to 19 per cent of boys. Of those teenage girls quizzed, 60 per cent admitted that their first alcoholic drink was a premixed alcopop style beverage. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Guardian Thursday G2 - 29th April 2004 |
| Up to 86 per cent of those who beg are addicted to hard drugs such as heroin and cocaine | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Baptist Times - 1st April 2004 |
| Approximately 30 per cent of the population is likely to be vulnerable to excessive and compulsive use of alcohol, with a wide range of adverse effects such as brain, liver and muscular damage and social dysfunction, including relationship and employment problems. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Salvationist - 3rd April 2004 |
| People who drink socially can suffer brain damage similar to chronic alcoholics, say US scientists. People who consume more than 100 drinks a month suffer loss of memory, reduced intelligence and poor balance. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Sentinel - April 15th 2004 |
| A recent Henley Centre study predicted a sharp rise in the number of problem gamblers in the UK, already estimated to house over 400,000 "problem gamblers". A poll commissioned by the Salvation Army at the end of last year showed that 82 per cent of adults said that children and young people under the age of 18 should not be allowed to play fruit machines. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Church of England Newspaper - 1st April 2004 |
| Alcoholics Anonymous, founded in 1935, now has more than 2,000,000 members. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Scottish Catholic Observer - 2nd April 2004 |
| The Salvation Army warns of the effects of excessive drinking on vulnerable people who in ten or twenty year's time could be excluded from mainstream society. Approximately 30 per cent of the population are likely to be vulnerable to excessive and compulsive use of alcohol, with a wide range of adverse effects such as brain, liver and muscular damage and social dysfunction, including relationship or employment problems says Dr Bonner. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The War Cry - 27th March 2004 |
| A national survey of 20,000 households in Britian found that young women aged 16 to 24 drank an average of 14.1 units of alcohol a week in 2002, compared with 11 units in 1998. Their consumption has doubled in 10 years. Young men of the same age drank more than women but their alcohol intake was on a downward trend, averaging 21.5 units a week in 2002, compared with 25.5 in 1998. There was also a drop in the number of young men going on alcohol binges. The proportion who had gone on a bender at least once in the week before the survey fell from 39% in 1998 to 35% in 2002. Over the same period the proportion of young women binge drinkers rose from 24% to 28%. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Guardian,Friday 19th March 2004. |
| The Government is planning a hard-hitting campaign to advertise the perils of binge drinking. Their report said misuse of alcohol cost Britian £20bn a year and led to 600,000 violent crimes, 360,000 incidents of domestic violence, 22,000 pre-mature deaths, 1,000 suicides, and untold distress to about a million children of drinking parents. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Guardian, March 16th 2004. |
| Dr. Moria Plant, professor of alcohol studies at the University of West of England and the country's leading expert on women and alcohol, says that given the levels at which young women are drinking in this country, prehaps more attention could have been paid to the issue of pregnancy and drinking. The study of 580 children from birth to the age of 16 found that if their mothers drank even moderate amounts of alcohol their growth, behaviour, brain function and academic ability were affected. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | G2, The Guardian 16th March, 2004. |
| In the UK, binge drinking accounts for 40% of all men's drinking sessions. Up to 150,000 hospital admissions a year are alcohol-related and alcohol abuse is estimated to cost the NHS £1.7bn a year. There are 1.2m incidents of alcohol related violence and 97,000 cases of drink driving. Up to 17m working days are lost annually by alcohol related absense, costing up to £6.4bn a year, the government will say. We are fighting a losing battle. The advertising budget alone for beers, wins and spirits is three times the amount spent on treating alcohol dependency enough to fund 170,000 detox places. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Guardian, Monday March 15th 2004. |
| Almost a third of women aged between 16 and 24 drink more than the recommended weekly allowance (RWA), a recent survey by the National Centre for Social Research has revealed. Comparing figures between the sexes, Natcen found that the number of men drinking over the RWA has risen by a third between 1997 and 2002, but womens over-drinking rose shockingly by half. In 1998, almost 40% of young women interviewed drank at least double the recommended daily allowance (three units) but the recent survey showed this has risen to over half. On their heaviest drinking day, 52% of females drank over six units. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Youthwork, March 2004 |
| A majority of Britons belive use of cannabis will increase following relaxation of drug laws. A poll also revealed Britons are more relaxed than Germans about lowering penalties for possession. Of 1,000 Britons interviewed, 51% opposed lesser penalties for personal use of the drug. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Sentinel, Feb 28th 2004. |
| Childline reports that between five and 10% of all calls mention alcohol as a serious problem. | |
| Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | The Church of England Newspaper, December 18-25th 2003. |
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