http://blog.alcohol.org.nz a blog about alcohol.org.nz Fri, 02 May 2008 03:00:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Graphic images of all-too-common consequences of binge drinking feature in a hard-hitting advertising campaign launched by ALAC this month. The commercials are part of an ongoing campaign to address New Zealanders’ propensity to binge drinkThe new campaign was launched by Associate Minister of Health Hon Damien O’Connor on 2 April. The ... http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/2008/graphic-new-ads-show-consequences-of-binge-drinking/ Last year a bill went before the House seeking to return the minimum legal purchase age for alcohol to 20. After extensive debate in the media, polls, lobbying and many arguments for and against, the die was cast when, on 8 November, 2007, politicians voted against the amendment. It was the 56th ... http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/2008/on-their-conscience/ The one-way door policy designed to reduce violence in inner-city Christchurch was not without its faults, but it worked well enough to be extended. The Christchurch Central Business District Alcohol Accord was implemented from October 2006 to March 2007 in a bid to reduce alcohol-related violence and crime in the Christchurch ... http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/2008/one-way-door-remains-open/ Here ALAC's senior policy analyst, Megan Larken, looks at one suggestion, a legal drinking age. Colloquially, the minimum legal purchase age is often referred to as the "drinking age". Those of us who work with alcohol policy know there's a big difference between a "drinking age" and a "purchase age". We ... http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/2007/is-it-time-to-introduce-a-legal-drinking-age/ By Guest Columnist Christine Rogan, Health Promotion Advisor for Alcohol Healthwatch who has advocated for alcohol health advisory statements for pregnant women since 1996. The other day I came across a premix vodka beverage with an alcohol content of 7% that was sporting a health advisory statement which said, “NOT RECOMMENDED ... http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/2007/waxing-and-waning-on-warnings/ Earlier this year the New Zealand Herald reported the case of an Auckland bartender who questioned whether a mother-to-be should be drinking. The woman who was not named said she was "accosted" and repeatedly questioned about her choice when she ordered a low-alcohol beer. She thought it "patronising and rude".She is ... http://blog.alcohol.org.nz/2007/the-bartender/