The countries make an interesting comparison because they both have a strong drinking culture, but their problems look slightly different.
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As alcohol licensing laws face change, new research suggests closing individual outlets can bring noticeable benefits for nearby residents.
Humans have spent thousands of years searching for a hangover cure – yet the ultimate price of heavy drinking remains unchanged.
If online retailers can tell when someone is drunk, perhaps they shouldn’t simply take the cash.
Booze-free drinks that mimic the taste of alcohol can help teenagers fit in socially. But new research suggests there are important limits to what they can replace.
Alcohol abstinence alters brain activity in ways that may drive someone with alcohol use disorder to relapse.
The typical alcoholic beverage disclosed only a single piece of nutritional information: its alcohol content.
For decades, economists have used everything from lipstick to underpants to work out how people really feel about spending money.
Provincial alcohol bans have drawn presidential notice. Ontario and Québec should now sell their U.S. inventories as a goodwill gesture while continuing to ban imports.
Tournament sponsors have a captive audience.
Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.
Two experts explain why we must view addiction as a health condition, not a moral failure.
Despite growing evidence of alcohol’s harms, it remains deeply embedded in social norms and cultural rituals, both in the US and abroad.
Alcohol stimulates a hunger for protein. And if it’s not satisfied, it persists.
Driving is a complex task, neurologically speaking. Two experts explain what driving does to your brain, and how you can stay alert on the road.
This new drinking trend may help you to drink more mindfully and pace yourself better.
The Kenyan state’s war against traditional brews is driven by a colonial mentality.
Chang, a refreshing, low-strength brew, and arak, its stronger relative, have long been part of Tibetan rituals.
The alcohol industry loves studies like this. Scientists are less impressed.
Women are highly aware of alcohol’s immediate effects, but, in a culture that promotes drinking as self-care, dangers down the track aren’t front of mind.
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