Gen Z has been known for either not drinking alcohol at all or enjoying a more moderate relationship with alcohol. Some 64 percent of legal-drinking-age Gen Zers in the U.S. said they had not consumed alcohol in the six months leading up to May, according to the International Wine and Spirits Record (IWSR), a global […]
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Biden Administration advises only 2 beers a week
What the ale? Americans could soon be advised to limit themselves to just two drinks a week, a top health official warned Thursday. President Biden’s alcohol czar, Dr. George Koob, told the Daily Mail that the USDA could revise its alcohol recommendations to match Canada’s guidelines. In January, the Great White North began urging residents […]
Canada’s new alcohol guidance; 2 drinks a week
In Canada, it should be Dry January all year round, according to new national recommendations that say zero alcohol is the only risk-free approach. If you must drink at all, two drinks maximum each week is deemed low-risk by the government-backed guidance. The advice is a steep drop from the previous recommendation, published in 2011. […]
The 5 Most Addictive Drugs
Ranking drugs based on how addictive they are is tough work, since we all react differently to distinct substances. Nevertheless, a group of addiction experts including specialists from the Royal College of Psychiatrists as well as chemists, forensic scientists, and pharmacologists recently took a stab. Their ranking is published in the journal The Lancet. The results might surprise […]