An archive of recent news articles on the topic of alcohol and drugs.
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Baseball: 'A-Rod' in new drug revelations
7th May 2009
A new, unflattering biography of troubled baseball star Alex Rodriguez claims he may have used steroids as early as high school and as late as during his time with the New York Yankees. Rodriguez, known to fans by his nickname "A-Rod", admitted in February to using steroids while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03, but insisted he stopped before he was traded to the Yankees in February 2004.
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Big chains abolish below-cost liquor deals
6th May 2009
The two big supermarket chains say they have stopped selling alcohol below cost as a "loss leader", after claims the cheap deals lead to alcohol abuse. Supermarkets have voluntarily given up offering liquor deals to encourage customers into stores where they buy other goods.
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Partygoers hurl bottles as police quell brawl
5th May 2009
Hamilton police are recovering from a night of mayhem after donning riot gear and forming skirmish lines to quell an out-of-control party - and breaking up a separate fight three houses down. Six people were arrested after officers were pelted with glass bottles as they tried to break up the fracas in Ford St in the suburb of Claudelands about 1am on Sunday.
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Law Commission proposes raising drinking age, prices
30th April 2009
Sweeping changes to the way alcohol is bought and consumed could be enshrined into legislation if recommendations by the Law Commission are taken up by the Government. Proposed changes included increasing the price of alcohol, raising the drinking age, and radically lowering the breath alcohol level for drivers.
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Younger brains 'tricked' by alcohol
29th April 2009
Teenagers who drink heavily can associate bad experiences such as vomiting and car accidents with pleasure, according to a US expert on alcohol abuse. Aaron White, a health administrator with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, said neurological processes, that were originally designed to ensure human survival, were put off course by alcohol.
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Weighty issues fuel drug abuse
28th April 2009
One in 10 young women have taken illicit drugs to lose weight. That's the finding of an online poll of 993 women, aged 15 to 35, by Grazia magazine over two weeks in February and March. Ten per cent of respondents admitted to using stimulants, such as cocaine and speed, to try to shed unwanted kilograms.
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Alcohol warning labels urged after coroners' web appeals
23rd April 2009
Alcohol advisory groups have renewed calls to put warning labels on alcohol following a recommendation posted by the chief coroner on the internet. Nearly 60 health and safety recommendations by the country's coroners issued over the past 20 months were put on the coroners' website yesterday. One of the coroners' appeals was that labels should be fixed to alcohol bottles in the same way health warnings were printed on tobacco packets.
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Cancer 'culprits' in tobacco smoke revealed
21st April 2009
Scientists have detected two substances in tobacco smoke that directly cause lung cancer, a finding which may help one day predict which smokers will develop the disease. They said people with high concentrations in their urine of a nicotine byproduct called NNAL had double the risk of developing lung cancer compared to smokers with lower NNAL concentrations in their urine.
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Meth changes baby's brain
20th April 2009
Children whose mothers took methamphetamine during pregnancy have brain abnormalities that may explain the developmental problems they often experience. Brain scans on a group of 3- and 4-year-old children showed abnormal development in the white matter, which carries messages across the brain, compared with children who did not have prenatal exposure to the drug, often called "meth." The study provides some of the first physical evidence to show brain changes that can occur during fetal development when the mother used the drug during pregnancy.
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We pay $50m for drug abuse
16th April 2009
Drug and alcohol abusers are costing taxpayers more than $50 million a year in sickness and invalid benefits. Almost 6000 New Zealanders are receiving the benefits because their addictions prevent them from working. And the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), who pays them through Work and Income, doesn't even require the substance abusers to undertake the treatment that could cure them.
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