A third of drug addicts or problem drinkers in treatment have childcare responsibilities and the lives of these children are much improved when providers and children's services get together early on to ensure the whole family gets the supp

In a bar in the heart of St Petersburg, widescreen TVs show a match between local football team Zenit and Bayern Munich, two giants of European football - but this is not the only thing these two cities have in common.

PEOPLE under the age of 21 could be prevented from buying alcohol from many off-sales, corner shops and supermarkets under new powers to be introduced across Scotland later this year.

(Reuters Life!) - Teens who exercise and play team sports are less likely to be smokers or use marijuana and other drugs than their peers, but they do drink more alcohol, a study said.

The rise of mighty merlots, stonking sauvignons and potent pinots has been a defining feature of our recent love affair with wine. And as the taste has got ever bigger so too has the amount of alcohol in our glass.

Drinking is something we enjoy and inevitably see as an integral part of adult life. Culturally, alcohol is in our blood — and, for many, literally so.