Teen pot and alcohol use is on the rise for the first time in a decade, a disturbing trend that could lead to long-term health risks, according to studies released this week. The annual survey released by The Partnership for a Drug-Free America found that the number of high school students who said they drank alcohol in the last month rose 11% in 2009, with 39% of teens (or 6.5 million) reporting that they drink. And 25% of teens said they’d smoked pot in the last month, a figure that had increased from 19% the year before. ... read more >>
Archive for the ‘Alcohol’ Category
Pot and alcohol use rises among teens
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Cigarettes and alcohol and Obama
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Doctor tells President Obama to eat “healthy diet”! That was the shocking news to come out of the president’s first medical check-up since he moved into the Oval Office. Except that it wasn’t. Instead, the noise machine got excited by the next line from the presidential physician, urging “moderation in alcohol intake”. So does that mean the president of the United States is fond of a drink, wink wink? Not at all – let’s read the actual report and put it in context: ... read more >>
Doctor tells President Obama to eat “healthy diet”! That was the shocking news to come out of the president’s first medical check-up since he moved into the Oval Office. Except that it wasn’t. Instead, the noise machine got excited by the next line from the presidential physician, urging “moderation in alcohol intake”. So does that mean the president of the United States is fond of a drink, wink wink? Not at all – let’s read the actual report and put it in context: ... read more >>
Time running out for France’s faltering bistros
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Standing behind his wooden bar in the low-lit surrounds of the last bistro in Fontenay-Saint-Père, Valéry Letouzey flashes a weak smile of embarrassment when asked about his diminishing stock of pastis. “There was some,” he says, reaching back to the liquor shelf and peering in vain inside an emerald bottle of aniseed 51. “But now it’s all gone.” He replaces it on the shelf, and shrugs. There’s no martini, either. ... read more >>
Standing behind his wooden bar in the low-lit surrounds of the last bistro in Fontenay-Saint-Père, Valéry Letouzey flashes a weak smile of embarrassment when asked about his diminishing stock of pastis. “There was some,” he says, reaching back to the liquor shelf and peering in vain inside an emerald bottle of aniseed 51. “But now it’s all gone.” He replaces it on the shelf, and shrugs. There’s no martini, either. ... read more >>
Blood pressure: alcohol, smoking and caffeine
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Is having a bad habit ever a good thing? It kind of can be if your aim is to lower your blood pressure, since one way to do that is to reduce your alcohol consumption significantly. It’s a winning strategy — but only, of course, if you were drinking a lot in the first place. ... read more >>
Is having a bad habit ever a good thing? It kind of can be if your aim is to lower your blood pressure, since one way to do that is to reduce your alcohol consumption significantly. It’s a winning strategy — but only, of course, if you were drinking a lot in the first place. ... read more >>
Teen Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Monday, February 1st, 2010
What is teen substance abuse? ... read more >>
What is teen substance abuse? ... read more >>
Professional women are the new big drinkers: They down double the alcohol of those in lower paid jobs
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Professional and managerial women are downing almost twice as much alcohol as the lower paid, according to an official survey. They are drinking an average of 10.2 units a week – more than a bottle of wine – compared with 6.5 units for manual workers. While this is nowhere near the 15-unit safe limit for an individual, it is an alarmingly high average for the general population bearing in mind that some women don’t drink at all. ... read more >>
Professional and managerial women are downing almost twice as much alcohol as the lower paid, according to an official survey. They are drinking an average of 10.2 units a week – more than a bottle of wine – compared with 6.5 units for manual workers. While this is nowhere near the 15-unit safe limit for an individual, it is an alarmingly high average for the general population bearing in mind that some women don’t drink at all. ... read more >>
Do I Have a Drinking Problem? 4 Key Questions to Ask Yourself
Monday, January 25th, 2010
- Have I ever felt I should cut down on my drinking?
- Have people annoyed me by criticizing my drinking?
- Have I ever felt bad or guilty about my drinking?
- Have I ever had a drink first thing in the morning to steady my nerves or to get rid of a hangover?
If you answer “yes” to two or more questions, you should get help. Talk to your doctor, and check out groups like Moderation Management, a recovery program and national support network for people who have decided to reduce their drinking. ... read more >>
- Have I ever felt I should cut down on my drinking?
- Have people annoyed me by criticizing my drinking?
- Have I ever felt bad or guilty about my drinking?
- Have I ever had a drink first thing in the morning to steady my nerves or to get rid of a hangover?
If you answer “yes” to two or more questions, you should get help. Talk to your doctor, and check out groups like Moderation Management, a recovery program and national support network for people who have decided to reduce their drinking. ... read more >>
Tory plan to scrap alcohol units ‘will confuse drinkers’
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
The Tories were accused of hampering the fight against binge drinking last night after announcing they would scrap alcohol units and replace them with centilitres. Health spokesman Andrew Lansley said units should be replaced with the metric measurement – a hundredth of a litre – because he claimed too few Britons knew what a unit was. ... read more >>
The Tories were accused of hampering the fight against binge drinking last night after announcing they would scrap alcohol units and replace them with centilitres. Health spokesman Andrew Lansley said units should be replaced with the metric measurement – a hundredth of a litre – because he claimed too few Britons knew what a unit was. ... read more >>
Alcohol Pill Can Get You Drunk Without Drinking, Researcher Says
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Thanks to a new technique developed by Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev, now you can get drunk without drinking. Moskalev has created an “alcohol pill” using a method that transforms alcohol into a powder, which can then be packed into potent pills. “We have developed a technology that allowed us to turn any liquid solution into powder,” Professor Moskalev said. ... read more >>
Thanks to a new technique developed by Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev, now you can get drunk without drinking. Moskalev has created an “alcohol pill” using a method that transforms alcohol into a powder, which can then be packed into potent pills. “We have developed a technology that allowed us to turn any liquid solution into powder,” Professor Moskalev said. ... read more >>
Fertility and use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
This study demonstrated that cigarette smoking was associated with an increase in both time to conception (among 2817 fertile women) and risk of primary infertility (among 1818 infertile women and their primiparous control subjects). The average time to conception was 4.3 months for women who never smoked, 4.6 months for those who smoked in the past, and 5.1 months for those who currently smoked. ... read more >>
This study demonstrated that cigarette smoking was associated with an increase in both time to conception (among 2817 fertile women) and risk of primary infertility (among 1818 infertile women and their primiparous control subjects). The average time to conception was 4.3 months for women who never smoked, 4.6 months for those who smoked in the past, and 5.1 months for those who currently smoked. ... read more >>
How to avoid the hangover: You don’t need to give up drink, just pick the right tipple.
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
It’s no secret that intoxication has a number of immediate negative consequences. Among other things, it impairs judgment, it impairs the ability to do most things and it can bring on a depressed mood. But even after a drinker has sobered up, alcohol can still be causing the body trouble. More than 75 percent of alcohol consumers have experienced a hangover at least once; 15 percent have one at least every month; and 25 percent of college students feel symptoms weekly. ... read more >>
It’s no secret that intoxication has a number of immediate negative consequences. Among other things, it impairs judgment, it impairs the ability to do most things and it can bring on a depressed mood. But even after a drinker has sobered up, alcohol can still be causing the body trouble. More than 75 percent of alcohol consumers have experienced a hangover at least once; 15 percent have one at least every month; and 25 percent of college students feel symptoms weekly. ... read more >>
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