CANADA - It puts more people in the hospital than heart attacks and kills more people than opioids. With fears over deadly drug addictions taking the spotlight across Canada, alcohol has slipped under the radar while continuing to cause a tide of health woes and social turmoil that dwarfs the opioid crisis.
IRELAND - Wine and Vodka prices are set to get a rise as the government plans to crack down on cheap booze around the country by the end of 2019.
DALIAN, China -- Competition is intensifying in China's premium beer market, with two domestic producers moving to solidify their positions, while Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer, is aggressively going after market share.
PHILIPPINES-The Department of Finance (DOF) is studying the proposal to create a separate tax for light alcoholic flavored beverages that are becoming the preferred drinks of millennials.
Scottish symbol groups and wholesalers have seen alcohol sales increase following the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP), despite NHS Scotland claiming recorded sales are at a 25-year low.
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Premier Dennis King has confirmed that the P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission’s CEO, Andrew MacMillan, is leaving his position to pursue an opportunity in the private sector.
SCOTLAND - A whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands has launched an initiative to attract women to the spirits industry.
AN alcoholic energy drink blamed for turning kids into “wide-awake zombies” is now on sale in England. Dragon Soop contains eight per cent booze and more caffeine than two double espressos. It is now on sale in England.
The news this month has been filled with news reports of the tragic deaths of 11 Americans while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Much of the media attention on these deaths have centered on the possible consumption of poisonous/tainted alcohol by the victims.
New research by neuroscientists from the University of Sussex shows that drinking only one pint of beer or a large glass of wine is enough to significantly compromise a person’s sense of agency.