World Cup brings global trail of carnageThe hangover goes around the globe like a Mexican wave -- a trail of destructive and sometimes deadly celebration is left after every win and the World Cup 'sickie' has become an epidemic.
Kazakhstan bans European alcohol importKazakhstan will introduce a temporary ban on import of alcohol from a number of foreign countries that do not meet the Customs Union standards.
13 May 2014
Powdered alcohol poised to hit US storesJust add water and stir. A US company says its new powdered alcohol product has been approved by US regulators and is poised to hit stores in the coming months.
Drunk police officer kills two in car accident in AstanaA Mercedes driving at an extremely high speed crashed into a BMW-7 in Astana killing two. A police patrol sergeant Berik Tasybaev was driving the Mercedes. He was drunk.
Turkish F-16s scrambled for 'drunken' Sochi hijack attemptTurkey scrambled two F-16 jets Friday to force down an airliner from Ukraine when an apparently drunk would-be hijacker ordered it to Sochi where the Winter Olympics opening ceremony was underway.
Bieber busted in Miami for DUI in drag racing incidentPop star Justin Bieber was charged with driving under the influence after police caught him drag racing in Miami Beach early Thursday -- allegedly after drinking and smoking marijuana.
24 January 2014
Toronto 'crack mayor' caught out on new videoA new video surfaced Tuesday showing Toronto's scandal-plagued mayor -- who pledged to stay off alcohol after admissions of crack smoking and binge drinking -- in an apparent drunken stupor.
22 January 2014
NYC first daughter confesses to drug, alcohol abuseThe teenage daughter of New York's incoming mayor confessed on Christmas Eve to smoking pot and underage drinking in a video aimed at helping others battling depression.
Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer to clean streetsAt nine o'clock in the morning in a garden shed behind a house in Amsterdam, a handful of alcoholics are getting ready to clean the surrounding streets, beer and cigarette in hand.
Mexico ships first load of premium tequila to China Mexico on Friday sent its first shipment of 100 percent blue agave tequila to China, hoping to finally break into what sellers say could soon be their second biggest market.