Binge Drinking
Teenagers Who Like Jelly Shots Are More Likely to Get into Fights
According to new research from Boston University, teenagers who knock back spirit-soaked jelly are at increased risk of binge-drinking and violent behaviour.
Middle-Aged Brits Are Pre-Gaming and Bar-Hopping as Much as Their Kids Are
Middle-aged drinkers—at least those in Britain, over the age of 35—drink pretty much like a bunch of wild teenagers.
Italy Wants to Give Six-Year-Olds Lessons in Wine
Italian senator Dario Stefano has submitted a draft bill to parliament proposing that schoolchildren aged six to 13 take a one-hour lesson in wine culture and history every week.
Australian Doctors Want Everyone to Stop Drinking Box Wine
Doctors in Australia are hoping that the nation will tax the stuff so highly that no one will want to buy it anymore.
This Cabinet Minister Quit Because a Dry Community in Canada Is Getting a Liquor Store
Access to alcohol has been a longstanding point of contention in Nunavut, a vast northern region that represents one-fifth of Canada's landmass with just 32,000 inhabitants, most of them Inuit.
We Asked An Expert How Playing Beer Pong with Hard Liquor Could Kill You
We talked to a doctor after a Canadian teen died at a house party.
Young Women Drink Almost Half the Wine in America
As a group, Millennials drank 159.6 million cases of wine in 2015. That's more than any other generation and constitutes 42 percent of all of the wine consumed in the US last year.
Heineken Wants Men to Know That Drinking Too Much Heineken Isn't Cool
Get ready for your newest expert advisor on dating: Heineken. Yes, the 150 Dutch beer company would like the gentlemen out there to know that ladies don’t like men who get trashed.
Ireland Is Boosting the Price of Alcohol to Fight Binge Drinking
A recently tabled bill would peg that minimum at 1 euro per unit, meaning that a bottle of 40 percent ABV liquor would cost at least 28 euros.
Experts Say This Text Message Could Stop Teens from Binge Drinking
A new study from the University of Pittsburgh claims that sending text messages querying weekend drinking plans to young adults may help reduce alcohol-related injuries.