http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12254668
Click on the link above to find out how your drinking could affect you in terms of health and finances. The ‘Newsbeat’s Booze Calculator’ converts the alcohol you consumed into calories, money and units and compares it to how many units are recommended per week.
Are you surprised by your results?�
Do you know how many units your usual pint contains or how many are in a high ABV% glass of wine? How often do you drink more the recommended daily units? Do you think you could accurately estimate how many units you drink in a week or would you be surprised by the real figure?…
Whilst different drinks vary in size and strength, below is a rough guide to how may units of alcohol are in what you are drinking:
Beer, Lager and Cider:
4% - 330ml Bottle = 1.3 units, 440ml Can = 1.8 units, 568ml Pint = 2.3 units
5% - 330ml Bottle = 1.7 units, 440ml Can = 2.2 units, 568ml Pint = 2.8 units
6% - 330ml Bottle - 2.0 uniits, 440ml Can = 2.6 units, 568ml Pint = 3.4 units
9% - 330ml Bottle - 3.0 units, 440ml Can = 4.0 units, 568ml Pint = 5.1 units
Spirits (40%):
25ml Small Measure - 1.0 units, 35ml Large Measure - 1.4 units (multiply by two for double measures)
Wine (red, wine, rose or sparkling):
10% - 125ml Small Glass = 1.25 units, 175ml Standard Glass = 1.75 units, 250ml Large Glass = 2.5 units
Bottle = 7.5 units
11% - 125ml Small Glass = 1.4 units, 175ml Standard Glass = 1.9 units, 250ml Large Glass = 2.8 units
Bottle = 8.3 units
12% - 125ml Small Glass = 1.5 units, 175ml Standard Glass = 2.1 units, 250ml Large Glass = 3.0 units
Bottle = 9 units
13% - 125ml Small Glass = 1.6 units, 175ml Standard Glass = 2.3 units, 250ml Large Glass = 3.3 units
Bottle = 9.8 units
14% - 125ml Small Glass = 1.75 units, 175ml Standard Glass = 2.5 units, 250ml Large Glass = 3.5 units
Bottle = 10.5 units
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8742769.stm
Above is a link to a BBC news story that speculates that a review of the drink-drive limit being published later is expected to recommend that it be nearly halved. The report is expected to suggest that the current limit of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood is reduced to 50mg per 100ml of blood, bringing it in line with other Eurooean countries’ current legislation.
How much you can drink before you are over the limit is not a simple question to answer, as the drink itself (size, strength) and the person’s weight and metabolism have an impact on how alcohol effects an individual. However,.. “The police argue that any amount of alcohol can affect a person’s ability to drive. So they have a simple solution to the “how much can I drink?” question.
According to Pc Jon Lansley, a traffic officer with Hampshire Police, the answer is simply do not drink anything and drive…. The last thing I want is to have myself or a colleague pull you over. You’ll be arrested, you’re likely to go to court, it will change your life. ”
Do you think a lower drink drive limit will bring down the amount of accidents/deaths associated with alcohol related driving?
The link above refers to an article published by The Telegraph that discusses the letter that the Commons Science and Technology Committee has written to Mr Johnson requesting details about the sacking of Prof. Nutt - specifically if he had breached the terms of his contract or the codes of practise before he was forced to resign.
There is much controversy over the sacking of one the countries leading advisors - what do you think? Do politics and science have some common ground or if researched based evidence at odds with what the government thinks we need to know?
The stereotype of addicts is accurate and outdated. True or false?
Does the general population think of alcoholics as people holding white labelled bottles on park benches and of heroin addicts as homeless? If so, why is this…films, narrow minded TV documentaries and biased news reports? But what about the wider picture – the hidden addicts? The majority of addicts are not stereotypical, in fact their addictions are largely hidden from their families, friends and employers. Do we really know what we are looking for when we define someone an addict? For example, sex and love addictions as well as gambling and eating disorders are prevalent in the UK, but not so widely acknowledged as drug and alcohol addictions, at least not in films and journalism.
How can we provide support for all addicts if we don’t know how to identify an active addiction? If you are worried about changes in a persons behaviour it might not be anything to do with an addiction, however it could also be directly to do with an addiction that we just don’t see – or choose to see. Currently, there are hundreds of drivers who are over the drink drive limit, hundreds of people using at lunch time and hundreds of people who are hiding their addictions from the world around them – not everyone fits a stereotype.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/health/newsid_10000000/newsid_10000400/10000473.stm
How are the police going to get drug related crime targeted effectively in the UK? Should everyone carrying drugs be arrested or should drugs be legalised and the devastating affects of addiction addressed more intensely?
One of the latest ‘tools’ to crack drug problems is the ‘cocaine torch’, a device that some police forces take onto the streets and shine up the noses of night time revellers in the hope of identifying traces of cocaine. The main problem with this approach is that it doesn’t work:
“The company the torches are purchased from, JNE Marketing, only advertise the torches as suitable for testing crack cocaine residue and crack pipes.
It doesn’t mention anything about street cocaine which people snort. The company said the cocaine needs to be at least 87% pure to fluoresce under UV light.
The highest level of cocaine purity you can get on the street is around 45%. It’s not known why police from certain forces chose to use the torch on people’s faces.”
Aside from the ineffectiveness of the torch when used in the capacity of nightclubbers snorting cocaine, is there a bigger problem? I.e. is it the people out on the town who should be targeted or the dealers bringing in tonnes of cocaine onto our streets every year? Obviously there needs to be proper consideration of both problems, however surely it is time that we grasped the concept that drug use does not equal drug abuse, but it is drug abuse that is the real problem?
With more and more workers relying on alcohol to wind down after work the situation regarding alcohol misuse management needs, more than ever, to be addressed. Pressures to drink in particular industries, work parties and general stress which employees deal with by drinking is increasing. However, this increase in work stress related alcohol consumption doesn’t appear to be matched by an increase in resources to cope with the problems. If you have a problem with alcohol how comfortable do you feel going to your manager to discuss getting help? Is there a clearly set out policy in your work environment that is there to help you? Or, is it more likely that the last person you would confide in is your boss through fear of being found out or fired? There is help out there, but accessing through work is not as simply as it should be.
As this article in the Telegraph highlights, there is an ongoing debate about who should be paying for emergency treatment? If you end up in A&E after drinking heavily should the person or the NHS pick up the tab?…and how can we actually work out who ended up in hospital due to their own actions versus the actions of others?…who is responsible? The article goes on to consider if a alcohol price rise will have an impact on the number of A&E admissions we are seeing, what do you think?
New technology has now developed the ability to conduct in-depth analysis of alcohol consumption. Drug testing on 1 strand of hair can now determine whether an individual has has a long-term alcohol dependency and can provide a history of up to 12 months. Drug testing is used by the NHS, courts, Local Authorities and solicitors in many different cases, this new technology can now give a new dimension to traditional drug testing which has only been able to provide an insight into drugs/alcohol used within a 4 week period.
How do you measure cocaine? Is it in sterling or in Euros? Weight or purity? The number of dealers selling it or the number of consumers using it? Or do you measure it by how many people are falling victim to the cutting agents that are used with it? As recent police seizure figures suggest, it is estimated that only 9% of the cocaine currently being distributed in the UK is pure, the remaining 91% is made up from all kinds of chemicals - none of which are known for safe human consumption.
As purity levels decrease, street prices remains steady - the demand is intense and the risks significant. Will this have an impact on how cocaine is used in the UK?
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