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...

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...

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...

The British Government’s chief drug adviser has sparked controversy by claiming ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less dangerous than cigarettes and...

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare study shows pre-teen children have sought rehabilitation for problems with amphetamines, cannabis, alcohol and even...

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...

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...

“Criminal Investigation detectives lack appropriate tactics of mingling with people they are investigating; we want to train them in professional drinking without...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Amid complaints among locals about loud music, prostitution, road accidents, late night fighting and that the emirate was “morally denigrating;” the tiny...

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...

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...

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...

The minister for economic monitoring Maurice Kagimu cautioned graduands against excessive consumption of alcohol, a vice greatly threatening the Ugandan economy. The...

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...

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...