Chronic Alcohol Disorde...

With long term alcohol abuse people can develop severe forms of chronic alcohol disorders, the most commonly known being Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff’s syndrome. Both are indicative of serious damage to brain function. Each condition will intensify with continued...

Alcohol – Danger...

With poly drug use and experimentation alcohol drinkers need to know the dangers of mixing alcohol and cocaine. Cocaine formerly had a reputation for being a clean up-market stimulant drug, favored by people rich, young and healthy, successful high achievers and party goers. In recent...

Alcohol and the Risk of...

For many years health authorities have known about a connection between alcohol drinking and cancer. The irritant and depressive effects of alcohol on the body have long been considered to be detrimental to the body and potentially carcinogenic. Studies since the 1990′s have shown...

Alcohol Party – R...

In Canada, people who host a party where alcohol is served can be held liable for damage and personal injury that is suffered by or caused by intoxicated guests. Although there is a Supreme Court decision in the Zoe Childs case of 2006, that a host who simply provides a place to which...

Legal Drinking Age Cana...

In all Canadian provinces, except Quebec, Manitoba and Alberta, where the legal drinking age is 18, the minimum legal age for drinking alcohol is 19. These legal drinking ages were set in the 1970′s and in 9 of the Canadian provinces, the current drinking age is lower than it was...

Different Alcohol Drink...

The ethanol in alcohol drinks causes predictable levels of cognitive and motor impairment that are dose dependent. However, subjectively, alcohol drinking appears to create different types of intoxication, different effects on mood as a result of people’s choice of alcohol drink....

Alcohol and Marijuana...

With both alcohol and marijuana widely used in society, both thought to be “soft” drugs, with health benefits, and only toxic if taken for long periods of time at a “heavy” dose, it is time to reconsider the adverse effects of alcohol and marijuana – that can...

WHO : Global Status of ...

The World Health Authority has recently released a global status report on alcohol use and effects in the world community. WHO estimates there to be around 2 billion people worldwide who drink alcohol, with an estimated 76.3 million diagnosed as having an alcohol related heath disorder. ...

Tough Love in British C...

Faced with an ever increasing road toll, related to drunk driving, late last year British Columbia introduced some tough anti impaired driving regulations. People driving with a blood alcohol content of .05% face an immediate driving suspension, for three days, and over .08% offences are...

Alcohol – Curbing...

Throughout Canada, the problem of excess alcohol drinking, a binge drinking culture, pervades the student community. Other Canadian drinkers frequently binge drink on public holidays and weekends. The problem of excessive alcohol drinking in Canada is not new. see article Curbing the...