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US: Alcohol violations show lack of restraint
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Link: http://media.www.tcudailyskiff.com/media/storage/paper792/news/2009/11/24/TheSkiffView/Alcohol.Violations.Show.Lack.Of.Restraint-3840203.shtml David Hall Given that alcohol violations have increased 70 percent this fall as compared to last, it is abundantly clear that students living on campus need to ...12 hours ago -
New Zealand: Sophistication turned into binge-booze culture
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Link: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid;=10612387 Conservative estimates are that 25 per cent of Kiwis have a drinking problem. Photo / Dean Purcell A once-in-a-generation "first principles" review of the liquor laws is being conducted by the Law Commission, headed by ...12 hours ago -
New Zealand: Pregnant woman driver well over alcohol limit
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Link: http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/83948/pregnant-woman-driver-well-over-alcohol-limit A heavily pregnant Rotorua mother drove while two and half times over the legal alcohol limit, a court has been told. Twenty-six weeks pregnant Kylie Wilson was stopped four hours after getting her drivers licence ...12 hours ago -
US: IN: Parents fail with drug, alcohol message
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Link: http://www.post-trib.com/lifestyles/1906260,tween1127.article BY ROBERT WALLACE Parents: Fewer than one in three parents of 10th-grade students are giving their children a clear "dont-use" message about alcohol and drugs, according to a survey. This disconcerting statistic goes a long way in explaining ...1 day ago -
UK: PO Daniel Purcifer inquest vindicates wifes battle
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Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8383685.stm A widow has described her battle to prove her husband had died from an undiagnosed heart complaint, not after a binge-drinking session. PO Purcifer had recently completed a tour of Iraq Royal Navy Petty Officer Daniel Purcifer, 28, died following a ...1 day ago -
New Zealand: Otago medical leaders sign for liquor reform
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Link: http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/otago/83739/otago-medical-leaders-sign-liquor-reform By Elspeth McLean Some Otago medical leaders are among more than 300 doctors and nurses across the country who have signed a statement calling for changes to the liquor laws. They are supporting the "5+ solution". The ...1 day ago -
In Russia, Even The Drink Driving Is Taken To Extremes
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They don’t do anything by halves in Russia, including drink driving. This driver is case in point: Related posts: Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan arrested for drink driving In Soviet Russia… Lindsay Lohan Drink Driving Campaign1 day ago -
New Zealand: 1000 die because of heavy drinking each year
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Link: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00412.htm Hon Jim Anderton When over 300 leading doctors and nurses and the heads of police in New Zealand and Australia agree that we face an urgent and serious issue with alcohol abuse, then we know we have a problem, says MP for Wigram and Progressive Party leader ...4 days ago -
New Zealand: Police aim at alcohol crime
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Link: http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/3081071/Police-aim-at-alcohol-crime By JEFF TOLLAN A massive trans-Tasman police operation against alcohol-fuelled crime next month will put thousands of extra police on duty. Operation Unite is described as the largest combined police undertaking in Australasian ...6 days ago -
Northern Ireland leaves Scotland frustrated in lowering alcohol limit for drivers
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The Northern Ireland Government has taken the initiative and is to lower the limit of alcohol in the blood of drivers to 50mg per 100ml of blood from 2010.The UK Government has so far refused to lower its own much higher limit of 80mg per 100ml blood, or to pass to the Scottish Parliament the [...]1 week ago -
UK: Fatal crash lawyer was three times over drink drive limit
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Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6618171/Fatal-crash-lawyer-was-three-times-over-drink-drive-limit.html By Richard Savill A lawyer was more than three times the drink drive limit when she crashed her car at speed, killing herself and one of her young daughters, an inquest heard. Veronica ...1 week ago -
Australia: Crackdown on alcohol-fuelled violence
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Link: http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/crackdown-on-alcoholfuelled-violence/1683255.aspx BY BEN HIGGINS WAGGA police are set to crack down on alcohol-fuelled violence during Operation Unite on December 11 and 12. Wagga is just one of hundreds of commands to participate in the ...1 week ago -
New Zealand: Anzac blitz on drunken violence
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Link: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3080899/Anzac-blitz-on-drunken-violence By JO MCKENZIE-MCLEAN Alcohol-induced violence and drug-related crime will be targeted in Christchurch as thousands of Kiwi police officers act in unison with Australian forces next month. Police forces across Australasia have ...1 week ago -
Collecting the parents…
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It was a regular topic of conversation in the bungalow circa 1978-ish“Dad, can I use your car tonight ?”and without fail the answer was “Yes, if you’ll pick us up from the club later”You see, in 1978 my father had left his employ in a large national company and set up on his own, and [...]1 week ago -
Dont Do This When Driving
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Dont Do This When Driving This post is originally from the Best Car Insurance blog. If you are not reading this in an rss aggregator, then this post has been illegally scraped from the aforementioned site and you can read the original there. Dont Do This When DrivingThis post is originally from the Best Car ...1 week ago -
John Kerrys daughter arrested on suspicion of drink driving
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Alexandra Kerry the daughter of US senator John Kerry has been arrested in Hollywood on suspicion of drink driving.1 week ago -
Operation RAID Returns: Three-Week Blitz On Drink Driving
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OPERATION RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers) returns tomorrow for a three-week blitz on drink driving. Coming into its 16th year, the Australia-wide Operation RAID campaign saw more than 4000 motorists charged with drink or drug driving offences last year. Over 569,000 breath tests were conduction during the ...1 week ago -
Mother wins change in law over driving bans
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A woman whose daughter was killed by a drunken driver has won a fight against convicts being allowed to serve their driving bans while in prison.1 week ago -
Ireland: Ban drink sponsors in sport -- bishops
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Link: http://www.herald.ie/national-news/ban-drink-sponsors-in-sport--bishops-1945659.html By Colm Kelpie Drinks companies should be banned from sponsoring sports to help tackle alcohol abuse, Catholic Bishops claimed today. The Church also said tougher drink-driving laws must be rolled out north and south. ...1 week ago -
Alcohol price controls suggested by World Health Organisation
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Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/16/alcohol-minimum-price-controls Owen Bowcott Draft recommendations include minimum price controls and tougher drink-driving regulations The WHO paper says that 2.5 million people worldwide died of alcohol-related causes in 2004. Photograph: ...1 week ago
