OTTAWA, Sept. 19, 2019 /CNW/ - Last year, over 23,500 youth (age 10 to 24) were hospitalizedi for harm caused by substance use — the equivalent of 65 hospitalizations each day.
FINLAND - Preliminary findings by market research firm Taloustutkimus revealed that alcohol sales in Finnish grocery stores fell between January and August this year.
AUSTRALIA - You reach for the bottle at your Saturday night get-together only to up-end it in your guests' wine glass —you're out of grog.
KENYA, Africa - A Facebook post claiming that Meru County Alcoholic Drinks Control Board has suspended the issuance of new licenses to bar owners in the county until January 1, 2020, is TRUE.
Korean imports of Japanese traditional alcoholic drink Sake fell to their lowest in 11 years while Japanese names were pushed out of top 10 bestsellers in the imported beer market last month amid anti-Japanese sentiment from soured ties over past and trade issues.
NEW ZEALAND - Relaxed liquor laws make it too easy for minors to buy alcohol online, an alcohol retailer says.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has promised to bring back duty-free shopping with EU countries if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal.
A social media trend for "Instagrammable" alcohol like pink vodka, purple gin and craft whisky has been blamed for a 7 per cent spike in Australia's consumption of pre-mixed drinks and spirits.
“More women are drinking and women are drinking more”, a new survey on alcohol consumption pattern among the fairer sex in Delhi has revealed.
Manitobans are wary of privatizing most provincial Crown services, though they are split on the idea of open-market liquor sales, according to a poll commissioned for the Free Press and CTV News Winnipeg.