I definitely did not have all of my share of vodka last year.

This is a couple of week's old now, but a new study has suggested that the average consumption of alcohol in Scotland runs to 46 bottles of vodka a year - per person. Of course, there are there are those wh remain unconvinced.
Continuing the social responsibility theme, SF/futurist blog io9 touches on why drinking while pregnant is bad (DNA mutations aren't as awesome as the X-Men would have us believe, apparently) while the New York Times' City Room blog looks at a younger crowd appearing in the Big Apple's bars.
Minimum pricing is the concept that won't go away, but will it work?
Cocktail Virgin Slut rounds up the 30+ entries for this month's MxMo.