Belarusians turned out to be the most drinking nation in the world, while people from North Africa hardly touch alcohol. This became known from the summary data of international organizations, which found that residents of European countries abuse alcohol in comparison with the average ...

The famous Russian businessman Evgeny Chichvarkin, who now lives in London and sells wine, began hosting his own television program. According to EtvNet, the project is called “Bacchuology” - and alludes to the name of the Thracian god of wine, Bacchus. In particular, Chichvarkin recommends not to navigate only...

Scientists in the UK claim to have found a synthetic alcohol that produces the same effect, but without the feeling of dry mouth, nausea and throbbing morning headache. The creator of the new drink, known as alcosynth, and a professor at Imperial College London, said he had already patented about ...

In an effort to put an end to the growing "culture" of drinking, Stanford University has decided to ban students from drinking hard liquor on campus. The ban applies to cocktails with strong alcoholic drinks and their consumption in pure form, but does not apply to beer and wine,…

A sober way of life not only brings health benefits, but also saves hundreds of billions of dollars to the government and taxpayers. This is the conclusion the researchers came to in a report by the American Center for Disease Control. Researchers have calculated that alcohol abuse (for women, this is four drinks for ...

December 5th in America is the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. On this day in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the 21st Amendment to the Constitution and uttered an almost catchphrase: “And now, I think it’s time for a beer.” Now every year on December 5th...

A Russian sailor, who was intoxicated, ran aground off the coast of Scotland, the British bulk carrier Lisblin Seaways. This was the conclusion reached by the Maritime Accident Investigation Department, which was investigating the circumstances of the shipwreck in early 2015. Dry cargo ship "Lisblin Seaways" with a deadweight of 7 thousand tons ran aground at full speed, poured into the sea ...

Residents of the village of Maloye Perekopnoye in the Saratov region have been dismantling an overturned truck with boxes of vodka for a week now. According to the Rossiya-24 TV channel, there were a total of 20 thousand bottles of vodka in the car. An incident with a truck whose tire burst occurred on the Volgograd-Samara highway, but most of the bottles, despite the accident,…

Industrial production of moonshine is starting in Belarus - at the first stage, two types will be produced: “Traditional”, with a strength of 42 degrees, and “Fierce”, with a strength of 47 degrees, said a representative of the Slonim winery (Grodno region). “The Slonim winery was the first in the country to receive a license for the industrial production of moonshine,” the interlocutor said, explaining...

While there is a debate in the US about the need to legalize marijuana, one aspect of the fight against drugs remains controversial. Some of the most dangerous drugs in this country are completely legal. For those who do not believe in this, there are statistics from the Center for ...