The world has more non-alcohol-drinkers than drinkers, the World Health Organisation reported overnight.
Alcohol abuse
There’s no right of reply if you’re mobbed by The Spectator
How do you get a right of reply in The Spectator Australia? asks Professor Mike Daube. It’s harder than you might think.
PHOTO GALLERY: The drunkards and junkies of the literary world
It may be wrong to glamorise drug and alcohol abuse, but this fascinating gallery of famous literary addicts — with names like Edgar Allan Poe, Phillip K. Dick and Hemingway — show that at least pain does make great art.
Political snippets: Equal and opposite reactions
A smart man that Newton. He might have been dealing with motion but his third law regularly has a broader application: limiting binge drinking has created a cheap illegal drugs boom.
New drinking guidelines are about informed decisions, not wowserism
Unsafe drinking doesn’t only harm the drinker — many other people also pay a price, writes Jon Currie.
Why grog is an issue for workplaces
Both workers and employers could benefit if workplaces were more effectively engaged in efforts to tackle hazardous drinking, writes Ken Pidd.
Tom Calma: More questions than answers
My concern with the Federal Government’s proposal is that it doesn’t put in place the preventative measures that indigenous people need to stop the violence, and then prevent it from reoccurring, writes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner Tom Calma.
