consumption

Strategies to cut down drinking, alcohol consumption, and usual drinking frequency

Scientific article

Background Relatively little is known about how risky drinkers attempt to moderate their drinking in the absence of specialist support. The broader literature has identified multiple potential strategies that people use to cope with...

Institute of Alcohol Studies: Alcohol Knowledge Centre

Website

The IAS Alcohol Knowledge Centre is home to an extensive library of information – infographics, factsheets and a host of related resources – about alcohol. Topics covered: Alcohol across society Availability Consumption Health Marketing...

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program

Book

20 February 2019

Wastewater analysis is widely applied internationally as a tool to measure and interpret drug use within national populations, with the current national program in Australia representing world best practice. The National Wastewater Drug...

Motivation to Reduce Alcohol Consumption and Subsequent Attempts at Reduction and Changes in Consumption in Increasing and Higher-Risk Drinkers in England

Scientific article

25 January 2018

Abstract Aims To assess how far motivation to reduce alcohol consumption in increasing and higher-risk drinkers in England predicts self-reported attempts to reduce alcohol consumption and changes in alcohol intake during the following 6...

Energy Drinks, Drug Use and the Developing Brain

Scientific article

7 September 2017

New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found that university students who regularly consume energy drinks are more likely to develop alcohol use disorders later in life. The same students are also at greater...

Socioeconomic Status and Alcohol-Related Harm: What's the Link?

Scientific article

1 June 2017

New research published in The Lancet Public Health has examined the link between alcohol-related health effects and socioeconomic status. The study suggests that the less affluent a person is, the less likely they are to suffer from alcohol...

Britain and the Booze: New Stats Reveal a Fall in Alcohol Consumption Nationwide

News

British people love an alcoholic beverage or two (or three, or four), so the stereotype goes. New statistics from the Office for National Statistics, however, suggest a decrease in levels of alcohol consumption across the country. The...

Which European City Consumes the Most Cocaine?

Scientific article

14 December 2016

A new study suggests that Londoners consume the most cocaine during the week. However, it was also found that, when weekends were taken into account, the Belgian city of Antwerp overtook the UK’s capital for cocaine consumption. The results...

Report: Mixing Alcohol with Energy Drinks

Book

11 December 2016

VicHealth has released a report summarising a recent investigation into Australia’s consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drinks and its harmful consequences. The key findings include: Young people in metropolitan areas drink alcohol and...

Women Are Drinking as Much as Men

Scientific article

7 November 2016

Alcohol-related disorders are traditionally seen as predominately affecting males. New research has found, however, that women now consume as much alcohol as men and, as a result, are doing increasing amounts of harm to their bodies. The...