The City of San Francisco is handing out bottles of beer, glasses of wine and shots of vodka to homeless alcoholics - and spending $5m a year on the program. The alcoholic drinks are served by nurses ...

The recommended treatment for chronic alcoholism is abstinence. But at the Oaks - a permanent home for those who once lived on the streets - residents are given a measure of wine at hourly intervals.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Indigenous and Torres Strait island communities are at greater risk of alcohol-related harms. This is ...

A controversial proposal in Australia would see homeless alcoholics provided with free drinks (file photo) Addiction experts in Australia say giving homeless alcoholics access to free drinks in a ...