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Iranian police arrested 60 people at a party last weekend where alcohol was served and men and women mingled freely, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Under...
made popular Sep 15 2010
They went to the bar, downed several bottles of beer and staggered proudly into their cars. Soon the merrymaking was over as the patrons fell into traffic police...
made popular Sep 8 2010
Russia’s finance minister Alexei Kudrin urged citizens Wednesday to smoke and drink more to help lift tax revenues for spending on social services.
“If you...
made popular Sep 2 2010
A beer served in bottles made from stuffed animals has been criticised as “perverse” and “pushing the boundaries of acceptability”.
The End of...
made popular Jul 23 2010
Finnish women drink six times more today than they did in 1970. According to the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), alcohol consumption by Finns has...
made popular Jun 25 2010
New Zealand is likely to see drastic changes to liquor laws including a nationwide closing time for bars and raising the alcohol purchase age from 18 to 20, restoring...
made popular Apr 29 2010
African societies have proverbs for every situation, drinking included. Nigerians say: “He who is drunk from palm wine can sober up, he who is drunk from wealth...
made popular Apr 26 2010
Kabale district in south western Uganda is shocking with news of rising deaths resulting from residents consuming the all too familiar fatal alcohol. 65 people have so...
made popular Apr 20 2010
“While the majority of the rural populace is facing serious food shortages, traditional chiefs loyal to ZANU PF’s president Robert Mugabe were at the...
made popular Mar 29 2010
In the long and tortured debate over drug policy, one of the strangest episodes has been playing out this fall in the United Kingdom, where the country’s top drug...
made popular Dec 16 2009
I recently wrote about the closing of alcohol shops in Iraq and how illiberal this is:
the regime demonstrating anti-democratic tendencies, but also religious...
made popular Dec 14 2009
Iraq’s Green Zone has been an Oasis for Western officials in the city since the advent of the war. Secured behind myriad checkpoints and high concrete walls, the...
made popular Nov 6 2009
The British Government’s chief drug adviser has sparked controversy by claiming ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than cigarettes and...
made popular Oct 29 2009
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare study shows pre-teen children have sought rehabilitation for problems with amphetamines, cannabis, alcohol and even...
made popular Oct 23 2009
Walking around the streets of the United Kingdom, I couldn’t help but wonder;
How come I never heard about alcohol restricted areas in the streets of the UK...
made popular Sep 29 2009
A British prison says a bunch of inmates have been caught with their hands clean — using hand sanitizing gel to get drunk.
Peter McParlin of the Prison Officers...
made popular Sep 26 2009
“Criminal Investigation detectives lack appropriate tactics of mingling with people they are investigating; we want to train them in professional drinking without...
made popular Sep 18 2009
Garbriella Edmonson, 18, fought off efforts by her passengers to snatch the keys off her despite being one and a half times the drink drive limit.
She drove off but...
made popular Sep 16 2009
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Seven brands of local gin suspected to have led to the death of 25 people have been banned. The Uganda bureau of standards warned that several spirits on the market had...
made popular Sep 8 2009
It is alarming and very concerning that today many teenagers in India are indulging in acts such as drinking and smoking. I see growing trend for teens to hang around...
made popular Sep 8 2009
The drinking row in Malaysia has taken yet another turn.Action will now be taken in the state of Selangor against
Muslims found drinking in public or working in...
made popular Aug 28 2009
The famed British Pub is more than a bar for which an occasional drink is had, rather is almost daily British routine, a part of British culture and a motif exported to...
made popular Jul 24 2009
Amid complaints among locals about loud music, prostitution, road accidents, late night fighting and that the emirate was “morally denigrating;” the tiny...
made popular Apr 28 2009
It’s that time of year again. Time when we pack away sweaters, coats, and boots. The sky brightens up, birds start singing, flowers begin to bloom, and students...
made popular Feb 27 2009
The issue of alcohol consumption has always been debated. Some researchers give importance to its positive impact on human body. While the rest outline its negative...
made popular Jan 24 2009
As I am sure that most of you know that alcohol is strictly forbidden in the very conservative Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In fact, although punishments vary for Saudi...
made popular Nov 18 2008
The minister for economic monitoring Maurice Kagimu cautioned graduands against excessive consumption of alcohol, a vice greatly threatening the Ugandan economy.
The...
made popular Nov 5 2008
A TEENAGER has vowed never to touch alcohol again after an exotic holiday cocktail containing a “secret ingredient” caused her head to swell to abnormal...
made popular Sep 8 2008
Should you earn by selling poison while telling people not to use it? Never; that’s plain, impeccable logic. But the government’s business sense says sell it, earn...
made popular Aug 27 2008
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made popular Aug 20 2008
Rape victims seeking compensation are having their payouts reduced if they had been drinking before they were attacked.
made popular Aug 12 2008
If you are one of those who just cannot enjoy yourself at a party without binging on alcohol, then perhaps the latest drug Naltrexone can help you do so.
made popular Aug 7 2008
There are over 62 million alcohol drinkers in India and the age of initiation is just 13.5 years, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said Tuesday.
‘The age of...
made popular Jul 31 2008
A new drug list was revised by Britain\’s drug experts to reveal that alcohol and tobacco put your health at greater risk than such dangerous drugs as LSD,...
made popular Jul 3 2008
With the ladies catching up really fast with their male counterparts in the drinking stakes, their waistlines are also drawing near men’s beer bellies, says a new...
made popular Jun 30 2008
Is your pilot drunk? Are you really safe when you board a domestic flight in India?
made popular Jun 27 2008
Prime Minister Helen Clark is calling for tighter controls on the distribution of alcohol, and we shouldn’t be surprised if there is an amendment to the sale of...
made popular Jun 23 2008
Even booze hounds need to have goals in life so, I decided to come up with a list of the 10 things that every true drinker should accomplish before they die. Not every...
made popular Jun 20 2008
Young people are using alcohol and drugs to increase their chances of getting sex, a study has found.
A poll of 1,341 people aged 16 to 35 in nine European cities,...
made popular May 10 2008
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Britain’s Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson poses with his 2008 Annual Report which reports on the state of puplic health in Britain, outside The Royal Society in London, Monday, March 16, 2009. Britain’s chief medical officer Donaldson is calling...
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