Deaths from alcohol poisoning have declined by a quarter last year following steps to mitigate the aftermath of counterfeit alcohol consumption, Russia’s consumer safety watchdog has said.
As public hearings are underway to modernize Quebec’s liquor laws, Éduc’alcool is calling for a minimum price on alcohol, aimed at making it harder for young people to drink. Hubert Sacy, Éduc’alcool’s director general explains his organization’s point of view.
Kenyan startup MoBar Delivery is connecting consumers with suppliers via couriers using a mobile app, streamlining and simplifying distribution of goods, starting with alcohol.
All alcohol bought at airport shops will be placed in sealed bags under Government plans to crackdown on drunk passengers who disrupt flights.
The State’s ambulance service has introduced a policy that allows officers and volunteers who are called to work unexpectedly to have a small alcohol reading.
A test for alcohol use during pregnancy would give doctors an opportunity to “stage an intervention”, the former president of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has said.
BANDUNG (AFP) - More than 60 Indonesians are dead and dozens have been hospitalised from drinking illegal homemade alcohol, authorities said on Monday (April 9), with the toll steadily climbing.
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada - Alcohol retailers remain eager to sell recreational cannabis despite the B.C. government’s decision to forbid retailers from selling cannabis alongside tobacco or alcohol in the same store once the federal government legalizes adult use of the drug later this year.
Health ministers have warned residents of South Korea not to mix wasps into their soju. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety released a statement cautioning mixing the stinging insect with the Korean spirit.
IT’S been controversial and much delayed by a long and expensive court case, but now Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) of alcohol is almost upon us and the Scottish Government says it will start on May 1 without any exceptions.