Institute of Alcohol Studies

On Scotland’s first #AlcoholActionDay, new polling shows 60% in Scotland are worried about their own or someone else’s drinking, of which 37% are not confident they could access the right support.

New blog by @AlcoholFocus chief exec Carolyn Lochhead:

Today marks Scotland’s first #AlcoholActionDay, themed on ‘Support’.

To mark the day, Dr Peter Rice, IAS Chair, backed @AlcoholFocus’s call for the Scottish Government to deliver a national needs assessment to ensure alcohol treatment and support services are fit for purpose.

“There was no-one in the room saying ‘but we shouldn’t have too much nanny state intervention.'”

Is the nanny state really a public concern, as industry voices argue?

Profs Katherine Smith and Jeff Collin discuss citizens’ juries on the podcast.

🎧 : https://www.ias.org.uk/podcast/citizens-juries-and-alcohol-policy-what-do-people-really-think/

New webinar: “Enabling our isolation.”

Drawing on focus groups with people in recovery, Dr Eric Carlin examines how rapid deliveries and online marketing can reinforce isolation and make recovery more difficult.

📅 13:00 GMT, 26 November
🛜 Online

➡️ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alcohol-remote-selling-services-webinar-tickets-2004422211793