Australian health authorities are unlikely to change current alcohol consumption guidelines from 10 standard drinks a week, despite Canadian officials now recommending just two tipples over the same period.
If you must drink at all, two drinks maximum each week is deemed low-risk by the government-backed guidance.
The advice is a steep drop from the previous recommendation, published in 2011.
State lawmakers are considering two new bills with bipartisan support that could dramatically impact how drinking and driving is enforced in Washington.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A newly filed bill is calling for harsher consequences for drivers who refuse to take a breath-alcohol test in Florida.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohioans could legally produce as much as 200 gallons of homemade moonshine a year without a government permit -- as long as they don't sell it -- if a new bill proposed by an eastern Ohio lawmaker were to become law.
Constellation Brands, the owner of the Corona and Modelo beer brands and various wine and spirits brands, such as Svedka Vodka, was among the first CPG companies to report earnings in the new year and it proved to be a controversial quarter. Shares declined 10% after it reported last Thursday, which was the biggest one-day decline since March 2020.
A plan by Ireland to put stark health warnings on bottles of wine, beer and spirits has caused anger in Italy.
Ireland is free to go ahead with the measure, which would warn consumers about the risks of cancer and liver diseases linked to alcohol, after a deadline passed for the European Commission to oppose it.
That windfall is set to come from a new state bill that will increase the share that cities and counties get from state alcohol taxes by 48%. This in turn will increase the amount mandated to be spent on substance abuse treatment, with a large share leftover for local units to spend at their discretion.
HILLSBORO, Mo. (KTVI) – The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office in Missouri is picking up the tab for booze drinkers.
"We are buying!" the Sheriff's Office said on Facebook.
The association, which lobbies on behalf of Wyoming cities and towns, is pushing hard for four proposals expected to go before lawmakers in the coming weeks, according to a legislative agenda provided to the city of Casper.