THE Scottish Government has been challenged to set a national licensing policy for alcohol, as part of efforts to cut the availability of drink.
The vote will not be decided by the distribution of seats between the ruling and opposition parties, as the ruling parties agreed last summer to designate the issue as a matter of conscience.
ALCOHOL-fuelled teenage parties are set to be “a thing of the past” as the State Government moves to crack down on under-age drinking over the festive season.
Laws which come into effect from Monday will give police the power to fine or charge people who supply alcohol to under-age drinkers at organised parties.You are what you eat, the saying goes, but what about what we drink? Dietary regulations across Europe need to be stricter if digestive disease rates are to fall, writes Thierry Ponchon.
IT TOOK less than five minutes for two teenagers to buy a bottle of Goodman whisky from a liquor shop in Taman United in Jalan Kelang Lama recently.
When a sexagenarian wobbled up to the podium at the Frank Anthony Public School in Lajpat Nagar on Saturday, clad in a brown saree, a beige button-down cardigan and sporting a bindi, like every other Indian grandmother you meet in India, the words out of her mouth seemed misplaced.
Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci was at Eau Claire Distillery in Turner Valley Friday with some good news for the province's smaller-scale liquor producers.
If the Supreme Court of Canada upholds the acquittal of a New Brunswick man who was fined after being caught transporting 14 cases of cheap beer and three bottles of liquor home from Quebec, the result will be a "race to the bottom" for provincial standards protecting the public, argues a senior policy analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society.
The provincial government announced Thursday that pot will be sold through certain Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. outlets and online when recreational marijuana is expected to become legal in Canada next year.
The legal age to use, possess or purchase marijuana will be 19, the legal drinking age in Nova Scotia, Justice Minister Mark Furey said at a news conference.
The Kerala government lead by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has decided to raise the legal drinking age from 21 to 23 years.
The State Cabinet in a meeting on Wednesday decided to introduce a new ordinance raising the minimum age for liquor consumption from 21 to 23.