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The US is still in very tough times economically and when the going gets tough, the tough get boozed. Alcohol consumption in the States is up, but people are drinking cheaper brands and boozing at home.

Debate is heating up in the UK after the government’s former chief drugs adviser, Dr David Nutt, was sacked over his views that cannabis is less harmful than cigarettes and alcohol. Now the scientific community is coming to his defence.

Canberra is weak as piss on grog in the Northern Territory, and several NT Magistrates are angry that their sentencing options for grog-runners have been seriously compromised by the Intervention.

How do the characters on Mad Men spend so much of their work-day drinking booze and still get any work done? The ladies of Double X try it and see — all in the name of science, of course.

With a whopping 17 ingredients — including Guinness, pickled okra and beetroot — bon appetit magazine reckons it’s landed upon the greatest Bloody Mary recipe in the world. The Bitten Word lads put it to the test.

Pointing the finger elsewhere is no longer an option on alcohol policy, writes Michael Moore. Even Russia has declared a major campaign on curbing alcohol-related harm.

Literary figures are long time lovers of drinking and alcoholism. Would you have been more likely to share a tipple with Oscar Wilde or a rum with Ernest Hemingway? Take the quiz!

Crikey readers weigh in on where economists know anything about the economy, John Della Bosca jokes and the joys of ABC’s Respectember.

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev is taking on the unenviable task of breaking the country’s vodka-guzzling ways, in an attempt to lower the staggeringly high level of alcoholism and alcohol-related deaths and illness. Can the convince the country to sober up?

In Canada, bartending just got wankier, with bartenders — sorry, “beverage consultants” — creating their own “designer ice” for drinks.

Once you start seeing prices for whisky above, say $500, it has more to do with human nature than the quality of the drop, writes Kate Hopkins.

The Age investigates and finds communism in China, Australians are not drinking any less and headline of the day!

London’s first commercial vineyard since medieval times was planted yesterday.

Drown your sorrows with a Nasdaiquiri.

The latest government health campaign will show how each drink is the equivalent of four fish fingers. Bonkers, writes Janet Street-Porter.

A temporary London bar is offering a cloud of breathable gin and tonic to its patrons. Is this just a fancy way of skimping on the alcohol?

Don’t laugh, mocktails are serious business.

Rugby League has an entrenched, serious, and dare we say it, intractable problem with rampant s-xual abuse and misogyny within its ranks, writes James Connor .

Respected members of the Galiwin’ku community on Elcho Island, NT, have had their house searched by police looking for yeast, without a warrant, writes Eleri Harris.