Background Alcohol control has emerged as an important global health challenge due to the
expanding influence of alcohol companies and limited control measures imposed by …

Background Alcohol consumption is a social phenomenon that involves society, groups, and
individuals from different cultures around the world. Among some Indigenous groups located …

This article explores changing views of alcohol in San Pedro Chenalhó, a township in
highland Chiapas, Mexico that has been profoundly transformed by the Zapatista democracy …

Aims: To explore the historical and cultural context of problem drinking in a Latin American
indigenous population and identify possible areas for intervention. Methods: Focus group …

Abstract Zhang, C. & Monteiro, M.(2013). Tactics and practices of the alcohol industry in
Latin America: What can policy makers do? International Journal of Alcohol and Drug …

In Mexico, a distributor of alcohol opposes new regulations that prohibit the bulk selling of
alcohol and the wholesale of 96 proof alcohol that has not been rendered undrinkable …

Alcohol has been acknowledged as one of the psychotropic drugs consumed in nearly all
cultures. The study of alcohol use among indigenous and rural communities from an …

Alcohol use is deeply engrained in the socio-cultural fabric of the Caribbean where heavy
episodic drinking is an accepted and common drinking pattern. This article aims to create …

Broken men, severed relations and a polarised society: the repercussions of alcohol
addiction require forms of care capable of reassembling the scattered pieces of broken …

“Drinks construct the world as it is,”“drinking constructs an ideal world,”“alcohol entrenches
the alternative economy…”: Mary Douglas summarizes her anthropological perspective on …