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Rehab News: Children breathalysed under new pilot

If pilots in North Wales are deemed to be successful, children across the country could face being breathalysed and having their drinks checked for alcohol.

According to reports in the Guardian, police officers are currently testing the initiative which aims to battle the growing problem of underage drinking in Britain.

But charities have argued that the plans do not go far enough to curb the culture of teen binge drinking.

A spokesperson for the Children's Society told the paper: "We can only effectively tackle the issue by addressing the wider binge-drinking culture," while Alcohol Concern echoed these sentiments noting: "We need to be wary of gimmicks."

The pilot scheme will allow police to stop teenagers in the street to be tested for alcohol and those who fail the test will be taken home to their parents.

Earlier this month, the chancellor Alistair Darling announced tax hikes for alcohol, in a bid to tackle the UK's binge drinking culture.

Article published on 28/03/2008 by DryOutNow.com

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Alcoholics 'need a range of treatments'

Alcoholics need to be offered more treatment options to help them overcome their addiction, health chiefs have claimed.Hospitals in Doncaster are to be provided with additional capacity to enable ...

No change in binge-drinking since 18th century

Despite claims that Britain is slipping into a culture of binge-drinking, an academic has pointed out that the practice has been common since the early 1700s.

Peter Borsay, a researcher at Aberystwyth University, said that claims that problem drinking is indicative of a broken society are no different now to in the 18th century, with the main difference being the media hype surrounding the issue today.

Publishing his argument in a paper entitled 'Binge drinking and moral ...

panics: historical parallels?' the professor insisted that media, public and political concern about problem drinking is not new.

"At first glance, the parallels between the 18th century gin craze and contemporary binge-drinking appear striking.

"But it is not drinking behaviour that merits the comparison, but the moral panics that characterised both periods, fuelled by pressure groups, the media and perceptions of government complacency," he told the BBC.

Professor Borsay noted that the 18th century gin craze was brought under control by increased tax and licensing fees and restrictions on retail outlets.

"No doubt concerted action by the government and police could bring a similar end to binge-drinking today, but whether this would produce an overall drop in alcohol consumption and other social problems and a more disciplined and conformist youth remains questionable," he concluded.

The government in Scotland is attempting to bring binge-drinking under control by preventing cut-price alcohol offers in retail outlets, it was announced last week.

Article published on 18/09/2007

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Researchers say an existing drug could cut alcohol cravings

A new study has shown that an existing drug may successfully cut alcohol cravings in addicts, according to reports by Reuters Health.

The US National Institutes of Health carried out research on the drug LY686017, which is known to inhibit the brain's stress response.

Researchers surveyed 50 recovering alcoholics, giving 25 the drug and 25 a placebo.

The study, reported in Science Express, found that those who took the drug reported about 50 per cent fewer alcohol cravings.

To account for the lack of real-life stresses during the experiment that would normally be expected to enhance alcohol cravings, the participants were subjected to a mock interview for their dream job.

Following the interview, they were allowed to smell alcohol and those who had taken the drug were found to have produced less of the stress hormone cortisol than those on the placebo.

Dr. Markus Heilig from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Bethesda, Maryland, told Reuters Health: "Rather than trying to block the pleasurable drug effects, anti-stress treatments may be an attractive strategy for treatment of alcoholism."

Article published on 18/02/2008

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