• HAMMOND — Though bootlegging is most commonly associated with Prohibition, bathtub gin and gangsters like Al Capone, federal prosecutors say it's alive and well in Northwest Indiana.

    The federal government has seized $1 million from a Hammond liquor store alleged to have sold booze to Illinois liquor stores so they could dodge the higher state alcohol taxes in the Land of Lincoln.

  • WINE lovers and young drinkers would be hardest hit by a government proposal to increase booze prices.

    A draft strategy released by federal government ministers, which aims to significantly reduce Australians’ alcohol consumption, has recommended a “minimum floor price” for alcohol.

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  • The holidays are here and that means lots of parties and family gatherings, many that include alcohol. While safe social drinking isn't a problem heavy drinking is on the rise in the United States. 

    Binge drinking, once associated with hard partying college students, is now making its way into mainstream America increasing at alarming rates among middle and upper class adults.

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  • Researchers from the University of Seville have analysed alcohol consumption in traffic accident fatalities in the European Union.

    A study by the research group Applied Economics & Management, which is based at the University of Seville, has analysed, from a sample of the 28 countries of the European Union, the existing relationship between alcohol and road safety.

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  • There's a lot to know when it comes to drinking whisky.

    Whether it's deciding whether or not to have ice, what brand to buy, or simply knowing the difference between whisky and whiskey, there's a lot behind enjoying a glass of scotch, bourbon, or rye.

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  • Educators often promote cooperative learning as a teaching strategy that helps students prepare for today’s collaborative work environments, but it can also help deter them from underage drinking, a new study shows.

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  • BENGALURU - The year 2017 was perhaps one of the most difficult for the $35-billion Indian liquor industry. Prohibition, highway liquor ban and introduction of GST took the industry down several notches.

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  • Scotland’s new 50p minimum alcohol unit price, which will come into effect on 1 May 2018, will raise the average price of sparkling wine and perry by 116% and the price of cider by 90%, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) revealed on Friday.

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  • Groups representing Kentucky distillers, brewers, and wholesalers are funding more than $10,000 in free rides for Kentucky residents. The goal? To ensure safety on the roads in the closing weeks of 2017.

  • A bill that would revoke the licenses of repeat drunken drivers passed out of an Assembly committee on Tuesday.

    The Wisconsin Department of Transportation, according to the bill, would be required to revoke a person’s driver’s license if they commit four or more drunken driving offenses, or if they commit two or more drunken driving offenses along with two or more "qualifying convictions."

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