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Evening Standard · May 23, 2024

Are Players Allowed To Drink Alcohol During PGA Tour Events?

The PGA Tour’s alcohol policy for 2024, which can be found in the player handbook, lays out strict rules surrounding alcohol use during tournaments…

Golf Monthly · May 23, 2024

By the numbers: There are now more daily marijuana users in the US than daily alcohol users

New research based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, published Wednesday in the journal Addiction, compares Americans’ use of cannabis and alcohol over the past 40 years

The Independent UK · May 22, 2024

Health experts issue warning on dangerous Gen-Z ‘BORG’ drinking trend

The popularity of blackout rage gallons - commonly known as BORGs - among GenZ have health experts worried

The Independent UK · May 20, 2024

California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco − and that could put a dent in gun violence

Starting in July 2024, California will be the first state to charge an excise tax on guns and ammunition. The new tax – an 11% levy on each sale – will come on top of federal excise taxes of 10% or 11% for firearms and California’s 6% sales tax.

The Conversation · May 20, 2024

Alcohol use disorder can be treated with an array of medications – but few people have heard of them

More than 29.5 million Americans ages 12 and up had alcohol use disorder – the medical term for the disease commonly known as alcoholism – in 2022, when the most recent national data was published.

The Conversation · May 20, 2024

New Saudi cruise line bans alcohol, CDs and ‘magazines that violate public decency’

Exclusive: Many banned items are unlikely to be found in passengers’ luggage, such as handcuffs, soldering irons and paint thinner

The Independent UK · May 20, 2024

Weed drinks set up turf war between alcohol and cannabis industries

THC-infused drinks were inadvertently legalized through the 2018 farm bill.

Axios · May 18, 2024

Drug experts 'keeping shtum' despite concerns about Tories' right to recovery bill

DRUG and alcohol experts in Scotland have “kept shtum completely” despite misgivings about the Tories’ proposed Right to Addiction Recovery…

The National (Scotland) · May 18, 2024

Alcohol abuse costing £27bn a year in England, new study finds

Alcohol abuse is costing England a whopping £27bn a year, a new study has estimated.

Evening Standard · May 17, 2024