This week: Lower alcohol availability cuts consumption; South African campaigners push for alternatives to ban; High harm forecast for richer countries; Possible “adverse effects” on the brain at low doses.
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The volumes drunk fell by a fifth in South Africa and India where there were periodic alcohol sales bans. In the UK the volume fell by 10%. In North America, meanwhile, the volume drunk on average barely changed. Some people are known to have drunk more in the pandemic year, however, often those who drank more to begin with.
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