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.

Breaking the booze industry's grip

The number of Trading Standards authorities investigating cases of fake booze has rocketed. Of 100 authorities surveyed by the Intellectual Property Office, 76 reported investigations into fake alcohol in the year to 1 April, against 64 in 2010

Wales' £70m-a-year free bus pass scheme is highly vulnerable to fraud – with alcoholics using them to travel to the pub among other widespread problems, say industry insiders.

Nelson McCausland says he is dedicated to tackling our unhealthy relationship with alcohol. But his latest proposals are a muddle-headed mish-mash, says Malachi O'Doherty