The Latest Breaking News from Alcohol

Chimps consume a pint of lager’s worth of alcohol every day in fruit, scientists find

Wild chimpanzees in Africa are consuming 14 grams of ethanol each day

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2025

Chimps Ingest Alcohol Daily: Study

Chimpanzees consume the equivalent of at least one alcoholic drink per day as they eat ripe, fermenting fruit, says a study out Wednesday that addresses one possible reason why humans are drawn to booze.

International Business Times · Sep 18, 2025

B10,000 fine for drinking in pubs after hours

Customers who continue to drink in pubs after closing time for alcohol sales face fines of up to 10,000 baht from early November, the Department of Provincial Administration has warned. 

Bangkok Post · Sep 18, 2025

Fact Check: Did Trump and RFK Jr. Hide the Link Between Alcohol and Cancer?

No. Federal dietary guidelines have made that connection since the 1980s, but some anti-alcohol activists are mad they didn't get to rewrite the rules this year.

Reason · Sep 16, 2025

Adial Pharmaceuticals Highlights Favorable Comments From FDA Meeting For Lead Program In Alcohol Use Disorder

Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADIL) on Tuesday received the final meeting minutes from its End of Phase 2 (EOP2) Meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held in July.

Benzinga · Sep 16, 2025

Retail robbers target liquor as cops aim to booze bust

Alcohol theft has spiked by 140 per cent with whiskey and bourbon the most common bottles nabbed as retailers grapple with almost 20 booze robberies a day

AAP · Sep 15, 2025

Insurance Giants Refuse to Cover US Tycoon with $1.7b Company Over 'Excessive Drinking and Drug Use', Lawsuit

IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond faces a $4.5m lawsuit from ex-wife Linda Stein, who claims his alleged alcohol and drug use made him uninsurable and breached their divorce settlement.

International Business Times UK · Sep 15, 2025

‘My mum’s obsessed with it’: Tom Parker Bowles on Christopher’s, cordials and cutting down on booze

INTERVIEW: From pork scratchings to premium cordials, Tom Parker Bowles has learnt a thing or two about provenance. He talks to Hannah Twiggs about royal taste tests, why Britain’s non-drinkers need more than elderflower and how age has finally curbed his ‘proper Friday lunches’

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025

Get tough on tobacco and alcohol firms to improve public health

Letters: Hazel Cheeseman, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore and Katharine Jenner call for minimum unit pricing, a levy on profits, and policies to improve food and drink. Plus a letter from Mary Foy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2025

No alcohol? No problem: how to make friends at university without booze

Students may have had a reputation for boozy behaviour, but there are ways to make friends for those who prefer to keep things straight edge

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2025