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  • Drink Drivers in WA Forced to Get Alcohol Interlocks

    As of the end of October, repeat drink drivers in Western Australia will have to install “alcohol interlock devices” to their vehicles.

    Drink drivers will have to conduct a breath test for cars to start and the device will have to be paid for by offenders themselves at a cost of $1600.

    The Deputy Premier and Road Safety Minister Liza Harvey said the devices would be fitted to vehicles after drivers had served drink driving suspensions and would have to be in place for at least 6 months.

    A public education campaign was also launched in the lead up to the new law which is coming into effect on October 24.

    Source: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/alcohol-interlocks-to-be-forced-on-wa-drink-drivers-from-october-20160918-grivnd.html

  • Transforming Gin with these simple cocktail recipes

    Although vodka and gin are commonly compared, unlike vodka, which is made from nothing more than unflavored alcohol and water, there is a huge difference in how gins taste.

    To find your favourite, taste test a few different varieties and once you’ve made your choice, try these easy gin cocktails.

  • Watch As People Try To Solve A Riddle While Intoxicated

    If you doubt the power of alcohol to affect your thinking ability, you may want to watch this video.

    In the latest Buzzfeed video, we test whether drunk people can solve a riddle.

    Although the results are hilarious, the message is a serious one – drinking, especially excessively, affects our rational thought, so drink responsibly and in moderation.

  • Drinkers Less Likely to Die of Cancer if they Exercise

    If you live a relatively inactive life and choose not to exercise, but enjoy drinking alcohol, you may be increasing your risk of cancer.

    According to research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, basic levels of weekly exercise could decrease the risks of dying from cancer and other illnesses.

    The research was conducted by The University of Sydney, University College London and the University of Montreal.

    Researchers surveyed more than 36,000 adults over the age of 40 and looked at responses from people in the UK that focused on the effect of physical inactivity and risk of dying from cancer and other illnesses.

    Researchers emphasized that these findings were not a licence to drink more alcohol because abuse of alcohol causes significant health damage. Find out more http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-08/weekly-exercise-may-offset-effects-of-alcohol-study/7824486

  • Drunk People Making Up IKEA Furniture in this Buzzfeed video

    If you’ve ever doubted alcohol’s ability of to alter your behavior or more precisely negatively affect our stability and coherency, you may want to watch this video of drunk people trying to assemble IKEA furniture.

    Although the video is somewhat funny, it highlights the importance of drinking moderately and never getting behind the wheel of vehicle after drinking.

    Let’s watch and see,

  • Improving Business with Colourful Cocktail Creations

    Introducing new and fresh, colourful cocktails may be just the thing to rescue your bar or pub.

    While giving your cocktail menu a makeover may seem like a minor change, it can have a major impact on your business, as this video lesson explains.

    Just remember that cocktails are still alcoholic and Responsible Service of Alcohol should still be practiced.

    Learn more from the video,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coOYqooDDEU

  • How Alcohol Makes You More Sociable

    We’ve all either experienced it or witnessed it, the ability of alcohol to “loosen people up” and make them more sociable and outgoing.

    Although we’ve always known that alcohol is a social lubricant, Swiss researchers are among the first to actually prove this hypothesis in a study.

    Researchers from University Hospital in Basel conducted the test on 60 healthy people, both men and women by giving them alcoholic and non-alcoholic beer.

    They then did a series of tests including a sexual arousal test, empathy test and recognition tests.

    The lead researcher, Professor Matthias Liechti explained that the desire to be with others, in a happy, talkative environment was higher in the group which drank the alcoholic beer.

    Researchers also found that women showed the greatest change in behavior and those with higher initial inhibitions showed the greatest tendency to loosen up after a drink.

    Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37383682

  • What Makes People Dependent on Alcohol

    According to a recent study an enzyme in the brain may be responsible for our ability to resist alcohol or our alcohol dependency.

    Researchers say the enzyme may also decrease with increased use of alcohol.

    The new study conducted on rats, showed that the enzyme Prdm2 found in the brain’s frontal lobes, had an impact on the subjects’ impulse control. So even when the experience was unpleasant, they wanted to consume more and more alcohol.

    While the study does prove what scientists have long suspected, that brain activity in the frontal lobes was linked to alcohol dependency, the study is the first concrete evidence of the specific chemical process linked to alcohol dependency.

    Read more http://www.livescience.com/55972-alcohol-dependency-linked-to-enzyme.html

  • Donald Trump Has a Vodka

    If didn’t already know, Donald Trump has a wide range of products and services under his brand. One of the lesser known and less popular is Trump vodka.

    In this video people try Trump’s vodka for the first time often with hilarious outcomes.

  • You Choice of Cocktail Says A lot About You

    Sure we all have that one cocktail that we keep ordering time and time again. Even when we’re feeling adventurous, we never really steer very far from our original cocktail much, probably just a few simple tweaks here and there.

    But what exactly does this choice say about us? Is there a psychology behind our choice of drinks? Let’s watch this video to learn more. 89/