The alcohol lobby is resisting a push to explicitly warn consumers that drinking is harmful to unborn babies, as the regulator pushes ahead with plans to make pregnancy warning labels mandatory.
- Compulsory labelling should be used in the cannabis industry to let users know how much tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) they are smoking, experts say. 
- Alcohol firms and bodies they fund are encouraging women to drink in pregnancy – putting their unborn child in danger – by publishing false and misleading information about the risks involved, new research claims. 
- Prohibition, or a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages, is a measure listed in the directive principles of state policy in the constitution of India. 
- StandardAero Vice-President Manny Atwal has been appointed as Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries President and CEO effective Nov. 4, Board of Director Chair Randy Williams announced Friday. 
- For those in the military, high levels of dedication and commitment are expected from day one on the job – and this includes the risks that come with combat deployments. 
- Supermarkets close to Carlisle and Berwick reported a surge in alcohol sales after minimum unit pricing was introduced in Scotland. 
- Baby boomers are on course to overtake young people as the country's problem drinkers, NHS statistics suggest. 
 Hospital admissions for mental disorders linked to alcohol have surged by a fifth among the middle-aged in the past five years, according to figures compiled by NHS Digital.
- The introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) in Scotland appears to have been successful in reducing the amount of alcohol purchased and, by inference, consumption by households, finds a study published by The BMJ today. 
- News that the number of liquor store robberies in Edmonton has tripled in the past year is getting attention from several groups. 
 
    