The Latest Breaking News from Alcohol

Drug safety advocates say treating casual users as criminals is causing them harm, with no signs decriminalising drugs in the ACT has made the problem worse.

Strength training is more effective than cardio, says one author of a study on the aging process

Fifty-four-year old Suresh has been drinking alcohol since he was nine. He ran away from his house in Bengaluru and landed in Goa. He has been working in a bar ever since.

Drinking in the stands was made illegal by the Conservative government in 1985

Scientists haven't actually confirmed a link between age and hangover severity, but there are some reasons why older people might feel worse after a night of drinking than young folks would.

Lancet commission calls for gambling to be treated in same way as alcohol and tobacco after technology widens reach

You had a great night out, but the next morning, anxiety hits: your heart races, and you replay every conversation from the night before in your head. This feeling, known as hangover anxiety or “hangxiety”, affects around 22% of social drinkers.

Engaged couples are banning alcohol at their weddings to prevent political arguments leading up to Election Day

Federal investigators say the operator of a Chicago commuter train that crashed almost a year ago had alcohol in his system

Paul Kessell was head of Dorset Police’s professional standards unit

A trucker lost his job because he tested positive for marijuana after consuming a supposedly THC-free CBD tincture.