TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - When Japanese civil servant Yoshiyuki Takeuchi saw himself lagging behind his peers at work, alcohol was the only thing ...
Arrest of United Airlines pilot is the latest in series of pilot drinking episodes The arrest of a United Airlines pilot this week ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The minimum legal drinking age of 21 now in place by all U.S. states may have prevented a significant amount of alcoholism and drug abuse, according to a new study. In the study, researchers found that adults ...
ANADYR, Russia (Reuters) - Vladislav Rintytegin is an alcoholic, but he hasn't had a drink in three years. He is leaving on a one-month voyage around Chukotka to help people like him. In Russia's extreme northeast, no village has escaped the scourge ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday called time on the country's vodka tipplers, saying alcoholism had become a "national disaster." Medvedev said measures aimed at reducing binge drinking had not reduced alcoholism in Russia, where downing vast amounts of ...
Alcohol consumption has been declining for decades in this country. The per capita consumption by Americans over the age of 14 has gone from 2.76 gallons in 1980 to 2.18 gallons in 2000. Of course, making wide statements about alcohol habits in ...
