Debra Selkirk's chances did not look good. Without a lawyer, without any legal training, she decided to take on the Ontario government in a constitutional fight over a difficult cause — whether patients should be denied desperately needed liver transplants because of their drinking.
Governments are making limited progress, so more action is needed to address NCDs and main risk factors to meet global targets to reduce premature deaths
The North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission introduced a new campaign in Chapel Hill to combat underage drinking across the state.
Speaking to the Athens News Agency, the Greek minister stressed that the amendment will be submitted for a vote before the end of the year.
Across the state, Oklahoma businesses and consumers are readying their communities for alcohol modernization in 2018.
INDIA - The Supreme Court has clarified its order on banning liquor sale within 500m on highways, and many parts of India are sighing with relief.
New legislation is aimed at both "de-normalising" the sale of alcohol and reducing impulse buying, which accounts for almost one-third of alcohol purchases, according to the vice-chairman of the association representing public health staff.
Alcohol has been mostly out of grasp for Amazon — until recently. Even with a network as vast and complex as Amazon, the logistics of shipping booze is somewhat nightmarish.
Older adults are showing an upward trend in alcohol abuse and risk drinking compared to rates in 2001 and 2002.
The warm British summer has propelled cider sales above the £1bn threshold for the first time since 2014.