RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – As the national conversation about marijuana legalization continues, an important question is how changing marijuana policy may influence use of other substances, such as alcohol.
A new think tank initiative, thought to be a first for the drinks industry, has launched with an aim to “revolutionise” how brands and bartenders work together.
(CNN) More children have been affected by drinking during pregnancy than previously thought, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
LONDON: Scientists have discovered the oldest beer-making facilities in Greece dating back to the Bronze Age, dispelling the notion that the ancient Greeks only indulged in wine.
Distilled spirits sales increased 2.5% in control states to 50.4 million cases in 2017, according to the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA). It’s the first time ever that spirits volume has exceeded 50 million cases in control jurisdictions, although last year’s gain represented a slight slowdown from 2016’s 2.8% increase.
Nearly 90 percent of boys and almost 65 percent of Indian girls have admitted to drinking alcohol before the age of 18, according to a survey by NGO Community Against Drunk Driving (CADD) in collaboration with the Delhi Police and National Crime Records Bureau.
A man who fell and hit his head after "drinking all night" was correctly refused travel insurance cover, an ombudsman has said. Yet, another man who slipped over in a nightclub's toilets after a drink while on holiday should have been covered.
In a bid to tap into the low-sugar market, Barcelona-based Vita Spirits is to launch a gluten-free vodka in the UK which it claims is the first designed to be mixed with water.
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Despite decades of progress, alcohol-impaired driving remains the greatest single cause of motor vehicle deaths in the U.S., exceeding those from distracted driving and driving while under the influence of drugs.
We were warned. The venture capitalist and Netscape founder Marc Andreessen wrote a widely read essay in 2011 titled “Why Software Is Eating the World”. But we didn’t take Andreessen seriously; we thought it was only a metaphor. Now we face the challenge of extracting the world from the jaws of internet platform monopolies.