A new Australian study reveals that more can and should be done to curb the drinking habits of teens. And, parents should lead the way as the parental influence is more powerful than many realize.
Although teens worldwide are drinking and smoking less, when they do drink, they usually drink more than adults.
University of Adelaide researchers surveyed more than 2800 Australian students aged 12-17 on their drinking behavior.
A New York restaurant has committed to limiting parents' alcohol intake when they dine with their children and plan to drive home.
Melissa Gravelle, the general manager at Peddlers Bar & Bistro in Clifton Park, New York, said she fears for the safety of drunken adult drivers and the children who accompany those drivers, and she hopes to prevent unnecessary accidents.
Flying Dog Brewery has a long history of fighting censorship — in Colorado, where the brewery was born, in Maryland, where it moved in 2008, and in Michigan, where it has fought a long battle with the state over the right to sell its flagship beer, Raging Bitch Belgian IPA. That anti-establishment attitude is no surprise: The brewery was founded in 1994 by Aspen millionaire entrepreneur George Stranahan, a friend and neighbor of famed gonzo journalist and First Amendment crusader Hunter Thompson. And Flying Dog's labels use edgy artwork by Ralph Steadman, who illustrated Thompson's books and hung around with him for years.
A college student getting hammered on a Friday night isn't exactly breaking news—but a survey suggests that it's happening at Duke more than other schools.
The survey, conducted by the American College Health Association in Fall 2016, found that 72.2 percent of Duke undergraduates had consumed alcohol within the past month, almost 10 percent higher than the national average.
At Killingtons Restaurant and Pub in Huntersville, they've adjusted their hours since the "brunch bill" that allows Sunday morning alcohol sales passed.
At Block Bistro, they're seeing an additional, earlier brunch rush at 10 a.m. Sundays.
The UK's highest court has begun hearing the latest appeal against minimum pricing for alcohol.
The Scotch Whisky Association's case against the measure is being assessed by the Supreme Court in London.
The policy was approved by MSPs at Holyrood in 2012, but has been tied up in a succession of court challenges amid claims it breaches European law.
Two days does not a trend make, but to Christopher Arnold what happened in the first two days Minnesota liquor stores could be open on Sundays looks familiar.
It basically follows what happened in Colorado," said Arnold, manager at Bagley's city-owned liquor store.
"Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency is reporting that alcohol poisoning has killed three and left more than 40 people hospitalized in southern Iran.
What is a unit?
An alcohol unit is defined as 10ml or 8g of pure alcohol. As alcoholic drinks come in various strengths and sizes, units are the only accurate way to measure how relatively strong a drink is and how it affects buyers.
According to the Drinkaware website, "it takes an average adult around an hour to process one unit of alcohol so that there's none left in their bloodstream, although it varies from person to person."
Foreign beer and wine consumption is increasing significantly in China. In 2016, Chinese consumed 567.5 million liters of imported wine, with bottled wine leading the total imports, followed by bulk wines and sparkling wines, according to statistics from the China Association for Imports and Exports of Wine and Spirits. During the same period, beer imports grew by 18.7 percent in volume to 598.5 million liters.