Guardian for Children and Young People Penny Wright speaking at this morning's International Family Drug Support Day in Adelaide. Photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily

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Guardian's personal plea on youth drug and alcohol services

South Australia’s Guardian for Children and Young People has called on the State Government to address an “inadequate” provision of drug and alcohol services, which she said ultimately impacted her son’s chance of survival.

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New evidence shows Aboriginal Australians brewed alcohol before European settlement

There is no doubt that Europeans brought a culture of brewing and consuming alcohol during their early migration and colonisation of Australia, but new evidence reveals Aboriginal people were already aware of fermentation processes.

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Alcohol-related disease claims 6000 lives annually

Alcohol-related diseases are being blamed for causing the deaths of nearly 6000 Australians each year.

Wine

Water? In your wine?

Philip White reports that a long-overdue change in legislation will lead to better-balanced wines of more acceptable alcohol, starting this vintage.

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There are four types of drinker – which one are you?

It’s easy to see alcohol consumption being a result of thousands of years of ritual and a lifetime of habit. But have you ever stopped to consider why it is you choose to drink, ask researchers Emmanuel Kuntsche and Sarah Callinan.