Archive for the 'Alcohol' Category

The hard –to-tell relationship between excessive alcohol consumption and risky sexual behaviour

There is certain relationship between alcohol use and risky sexual behavior. However, accurately describing this relationship is very difficult.

Some studies ascertained that participants who use alcohol, and those who use alcohol more heavily, are more likely to engage in sexual HIV-risk behavior (Weinhardt, Lance S and Carey, Michael P, 2000). This opinion is supported by […]

The festive season=? The abortion season

Marie Stopes International performed 5, 992 terminations in January, the biggest number for a single month in the charity’s 32-year history. MAI blamed excessive boozing in the party season, while British Pregnancy Advisory Service said it was a treatment bottleneck caused by NHS cutback. BPAS think the increased figures may reflect a difficult struggle to […]

Drinking Ages in the UK

From alcoholconcern.org.uk

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under 5
may only be given alcohol on medical order
Children and Young Person’s Act of 1933

5 and over
may consume alcohol, e.g. at home. It is only illegal for those aged 5-18 to drink alcohol on licensed premises (without meeting other licensing requirements)
  

under 14
may not be present in the bar of licensed premises unless […]


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