Driving under the influence of marijuana creates a challenge for New Mexico law enforcement, where DWI is already a serious problem.
HAWAII - When Carol McNamee was a senior studying chemistry at Stanford University in 1960, she never imagined that her life would be defined by her efforts to try to prevent drunken drivers from killing themselves and others on Hawaii’s roadways.
Adults in South Africa consume more alcohol than adults in most other countries; previous research has shown this comes with high rates of fetal alcohol syndrome and is a driver of the country's leading causes of death: sexually transmitted infections and interpersonal violence.
Changes could be afoot to how booze and groceries are sold at WA Aldi stores. While the sale of alcohol at those outlets with a liquor licence are already restricted to one dedicated checkout only, shoppers have been able to use that lane to make purchases of general grocery items only.
Airline menus boasting California wines, vineyard growing histories and even a movie screenplay set during Prohibition are among the latest additions to the wine collections of the library at the University of California, Davis.
25 YEARS AGO, BARRY TOPP, owner of the New Forest Cider Company, drove trucks filled with apple cider to sell at festivals all over the United Kingdom. There’s one festival in particular he reminisces about with great fondness: at the Royal Air Force Lakenheath base, which hosts American military personnel.
As the laws governing the use of cannabis continue to broaden in the US and other countries, beverage brands are increasingly investigating using the ingredient in products.
A state task force has recommended removing Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot’s oversight of the alcohol industry, which the comptroller has sought to shake up in recent years by advocating looser restrictions on homegrown breweries.
UK alcohol watchdog the Portman Group has welcomed the new NHS Long Term Plan, which will provide teams dedicated to supporting people who are alcohol dependant in England.
Problem drinkers and smokers who end up in hospital will be helped by dedicated new services, as part of the new NHS long-term plan, according to those behind the strategy, LGC’s sister title Nursing Times reports.