University of Otago mental health experts are upset another Government has missed an opportunity to curb excessive drinking and reduce harm, by taking a recommendation from the recent Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction off the agenda.
A single drink could be enough to affect a driver’s safety on the road, experts have warned. Even low levels of drinking, such as one pint of beer or a large glass of wine considerably hamper a driver’s ability to function, the neuroscientists have found.
It is now possible for tourists on a visit visa to purchase alcohol from any registered retailer in Dubai. While previously, tourists were unable to buy alcohol anywhere, now there’s a quick and simple process in place to grant them a temporary liquor license.
Have our new liquor laws achieved their objective to improve community input into local alcohol licensing decisions?
Beer-lovers will from Monday be forced to dig deeper into their pockets after East African Breweries Limited (EABL) increased the prices of a range of their alcoholic products.
School-aged kids talk about alcohol and how easy it is to get. Several Marlborough wineries selling wine online have been failing to check if the buyers are over 18.
Retail Drinks Australia has officially launched its Online Alcohol Sale and Delivery Code of Conduct (Code), and already has signatories on board who represent over 80 per cent of all alcohol purchased online in Australia.
CANADA - It puts more people in the hospital than heart attacks and kills more people than opioids. With fears over deadly drug addictions taking the spotlight across Canada, alcohol has slipped under the radar while continuing to cause a tide of health woes and social turmoil that dwarfs the opioid crisis.
IRELAND - Wine and Vodka prices are set to get a rise as the government plans to crack down on cheap booze around the country by the end of 2019.
IRELAND - A new trade group for cider producers has said Irish people are becoming more discerning drinkers.