(Medical Xpress) -- Alcohol — not marijuana — is the gateway drug that leads adolescents down the path toward more serious substances, a new University of Florida study shows.

Many drinkers are loath to look in the mirror the morning after the night before, never mind into an ‘app’ predicting what continued drinking will do to their looks.

Emergency medicine specialist Paul Quigley has come out in support of the Maori Party's bill to add a minimum unit price to alcohol legislation. The Government had introduced alcohol reform legislation which would raise the minimum age to legally buy take-away alcohol to 20 but still allow 18-year-

Communities across England and Wales will benefit from two new powers that will help them tackle alcohol-fuelled violence and disorder, the Home Office announced today - July 4.

The government should introduce a ban on the sponsorship of sports and music events by members of the alcohol industry, doctors' leaders have claimed. In its response to the recent consultation on proposed legislation in Scotland, the British Medical

POLICE chiefs have increased pressure on the Government to move on alcohol pricing after revealing the multi-million pound cost of booze-fuelled crime.

More than three-quarters of New Zealanders want the minimum buying age for alcohol raised, a new poll shows. The Herald DigiPoll was undertaken as the Alcohol Reform Bill goes through Parliament, in which MPs will make a conscience vote on whether to keep the purchase age at 18, increase it to 20,

New motoring laws have come into force in France making it compulsory for drivers to carry breathalyser kits in their vehicles.

Alcohol producers are on track to deliver their pledge to provide health information on 80% of alcohol labels on UK shelves by the end of 2013, according to Portman Group data.

The Big Lottery Fund is giving £7m in grants to help tackle alcohol abuse in Northern Ireland.