The legal drinking age in the UK should be raised to 21 in a bid to curb binge drinking among youngsters. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An early age at onset of drinking is a strong predictor of subsequent alcohol dependence. picked by karenben 4 months ago

A chief constable who plunged to his death in Snowdonia had been drinking before he was found dead at the bottom of a cliff. picked by topofall 7 months ago

DRINKING alcohol directly causes two of Australia's most common cancers, breast and bowel, a landmark international study has found. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Scottish woman who admitted to drinking 14 vodkas as she rang in the new millennium was awarded about $14,000 in damages after she fell from a bridge. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

vote on lowering teen drinking age to 18 picked by covcreo 1 year ago

In the course of a five-month inquiry, the AP discovered that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

As discussion takes place in the US about lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, a government think-tank in the UK is calling for the age to be raised from 18 to 21.

It makes me think they're making it up as they go along picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

A plumbing blunder resulted in water for toilet flushing being sent to drinking taps for more than a decade. picked by unoriganl 1 year ago

Compare your drinking habits with others. One in every four people have had marker drawn on their face when passed out. picked by poleshed2 8 months ago

Drinking alcohol dulls the brain's ability to detect threats, US researchers said today in a study that helps explain why drunk people get into bar fights and drive their cars. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

For three Saturday evenings scientists, disguised as usual customers, had been paying a visit to two bars located in a medium-sized city in the west of France... later they came up with two hypotheses. picked by maxriter 3 months ago

Drinking alcohol is a social custom that has been around since the early days of man. However the difference with today’s alcoholic drinking by comparison to that of say just 200 years ago relates to the scale of damage someone under the influence of alcohol can inflict on their local community when driving behind the wheel of a car. Being drunk and picking a fight is one thing, being drunk ... read full post picked by stas 1 year ago

An inquest is to be held on a man who died during a contest to see who could eat the most fairy cakes. picked by topofall 8 months ago

Words to live by, from a warning label on a small tractor: "Danger: Avoid Death." That warning was selected Wednesday as the winner of the 11th annual "Wacky Warning Label Contest," sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch. The contest is part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Martin Gallagher has picked up Matt Robson's private member's bill to return the purchasing age of alcohol to 20 years..

I'M already 21. why couldn't they have tried this like 5 years ago.. picked by smarty1052 2 years ago

Who on Earth came up with this? I don't know, but it'll sure get you drunk.

Also see: Was Scooby Doo drug-influenced? picked by TheStep 1 year ago

I'm now a little worried thinking back on my college days... picked by carguy4life 4 months ago

What a pile of laughs this guy is. It's enough to make you stop drinking. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

On second thought, maybe it was not a good idea to give an award for drinking to local government officials. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago