Steady numbers of teenagers every week require hospital treatment for the effects of drink and drugs — with an increase in legal highs noted by medical staff, latest figures have revealed.

Twenty-Six teenagers were treated at Nassau University Medical Centre for alcohol-related illness.

Almost one-in-three patients seeking treatment at ACT emergency departments have been drinking, costing the territory $8.8 million a year. And a Curtin University academic said the figures won't improve until governments increase the legal drinking age to 21, reduce trading hours for licensed premi

Alcohol problems account for a quarter of Scottish intensive care unit admissions, according to a study published online in the journal Anaesthesia.

A CHIP shop boss who won a licence to sell booze changed his mind after public protests. Nirveer Bansal, owner of Longford Fish and Chips, has given in to public pressure and performed a U-turn on his plan to sell beers and lagers to customers alon

MOSCOW Aug 2 (Reuters) - Russia should be raising excise taxes on alcohol at a faster rate than currently planned, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said on Thursday.