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.
In a release to the ASX, the supermarket chain said it would package together its drinks, hospitality and gaming interests in the Endeavour Drinks and ALH Group businesses ahead of either a de-merger, or "other value accretive alternatives", such as a trade sale, in 2020.
Ontario is set to get 50 more cannabis stores starting in October, and applicants will have to first show they have their finances and retail space ready to go.
India's annual alcohol intake is steadily rising despite alcohol getting expensive every year. The sale of alcoholic beverages has increased 38% between 2010 and 2017, from 4.3 to 5.9 litres per adult per year, said researchers from TU Dresden in Germany.
Various media sources report on the worrying extent of the alcohol problem in the UK, with the BBC and the Sun reporting that 1 in 5 people in hospital beds are heavy drinkers.
PHILIPPINES-The Department of Finance (DOF) is studying the proposal to create a separate tax for light alcoholic flavored beverages that are becoming the preferred drinks of millennials.
DALIAN, China -- Competition is intensifying in China's premium beer market, with two domestic producers moving to solidify their positions, while Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer, is aggressively going after market share.
Scottish symbol groups and wholesalers have seen alcohol sales increase following the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP), despite NHS Scotland claiming recorded sales are at a 25-year low.