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Call for Alcohol Occasional Proposals

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) are pleased to announce a Call for Proposals to present at...

SARN Think Tank: ‘Informing the future alcohol-related research priorities and agenda in Scotland’

The Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) hosted a Think Tank event on Friday 6th March at the Centre for Carbon Innovation in Edinburgh. The event...

EU Failure to Provide Alcohol Strategy leads to mass resignation.

Neglecting the advice of experts in the field and the prioritising of alcohol industry interest has resulted in over 20 NGOs resigning from the EU Alcohol...

Alcohol in 2015 Manifestos

Last year an All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse (APPG) was released urging political partied to adopt 10 key alcohol policies ahead of the...

New Member’s Bill: Alcohol (Licensing, Public Health and Criminal Justice) (Scotland) Bill

On the 1st April 2015, Richard Simpson MSP introduced a new Member’s Bill aimed at reducing and dealing with alcohol abuse. The core objectives of the...

Exciting new research: Understanding and responding to those bereaved through their family members’ substance misuse.

Understanding and responding to those bereaved through their family members’ substance misuse.  Below is an overview of an ongoing research project, funded by the ESRC...

Licensing of Air Weapons in Scotland a Step Closer

The licensing of air weapons has today (23 March) come a step closer following the publication of the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration Committee’s...

The KBS Society journal has published a new issue of IJADR

The papers in this issue are listed below and can be downloaded from http://ijadr.org/index.php/ijadr/issue/view/16. This issue includes authors from Australia, Columbia, Ghana, Germany, Sweden and...

Abstract submission deadline extended 11th INEBRIA Conference Warsawa 18th & 19th September 2014

Abstract submission has been extended until 15th of May for the 11th INEBRIA Conference Warsaw 18th & 19th September 2014 http://www.inebria.pl/index.php/abstract-submission.    

Alcohol Policy in Practice Postgraduate CPD Course

The University of Stirling are delighted to announce that the Alcohol Policy in Practice course run by the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies...

Alcohol-related brain damage report highlights concerns

A report into alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) should serve as a “wake-up call”, Alcohol Concern Cymru said. It highlights the condition, known as ARBD, which...

Dr Holloway begins secondment as Honorary Nurse Consultant

Dr Aisha Holloway has begun a 2 day a month secondment as Honorary Nurse Consultant for Alcohol Policy & Research with the Alcohol Policy Team...