IL: Chicago Restaurants Can Now Charge You A BYOB Fee
IL: Chicago Restaurants Can Now Charge You A BYOB Fee Chicagoist By Anthony Todd June 7, 2016 If a city commission changes a rule but doesn’t actually tell anyone, did the rule change? That’s the odd conundrum that WBEZ ran into over the course of the last week. They discovered that the city’s stated […]
WI: Hold off on single beer sales ban, chief says
WI: Hold off on single beer sales ban, chief says Green Bay Pess-Gazette By Adam Rodewald, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin June 7, 2016 GREEN BAY – Police have six months to prove they can cut down public intoxication and littering around downtown before the City Council reconsiders banning single sales of beer. Police Chief Andrew […]
How Social Media Is Making You Buy Pricier Booze
How Social Media Is Making You Buy Pricier Booze Vocativ June 8, 2016 If you’re a young person, there’s a pretty good chance that there’s a Snapchat of you gleefully clutching a bottle of overpriced booze, the same brand that all your besties know and love. Stereotypical? Maybe, but a stereotype with its roots in […]
How Britain’s Tax Laws Are Hurting the UK’s Craft Beer Scene
How Britain’s Tax Laws Are Hurting the UK’s Craft Beer Scene MUNCHIES By Steve Hindy June 7, 2016 The UK has one of the most exciting craft brewing scenes in the world, but thanks to one of the most fucked-up beer excise taxes in the world, craft brewers are being held back and the […]
CDC Reports Teen Deaths From Drinking Racing Fuel.
CDC Reports Teen Deaths From Drinking Racing Fuel. CBS News (6/9, Welch) reports, “Health officials are warning about the dangers of a potentially deadly homemade concoction of racing fuel and soft drinks some teens are consuming to get drunk.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report documenting the “deaths of two Tennessee […]
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania’s drinks reform changes too little
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania’s drinks reform changes too little Source: R Street Kevin Kosar June 9th The Keystone State’s Legislature could have gone big. Instead, it settled for a bill that is about as potent as near beer. Only the politicians are likely to be satisfied. Gov. Tom Wolf yesterday signed the bill previously […]
CDC Reports Teen Binge Drinking Rates Decline to Historic Lows
CDC Reports Teen Binge Drinking Rates Decline to Historic Lows Source: Distilled Spirits Council June 9, 2016 A major Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey released today reported that underage and binge drinking rates among high school students are at their lowest levels since the survey’s inception in 1991. The […]
LAFD’S Sober Unit Aims To Reduce Drug, Alcohol-Related 911 Calls
LAFD’S Sober Unit Aims To Reduce Drug, Alcohol-Related 911 Calls ABC 7 By Rob Hayes June 8, 2016 DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A small group of people are responsible for a big number of 911 calls in Los Angeles. And the Los Angeles Fire Department is looking into ways to get them help without […]
Alcohol to be sold stadium-wide in new policy at Ohio Stadium
Alcohol to be sold stadium-wide in new policy at Ohio Stadium NBC4i By Olivia Fecteau June 9, 2016 COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The Ohio State University has announced there will be alcohol sales stadium-wide as part of new policies being implemented at Ohio Stadium. The policy will take effect with the Buckeye Country Superfest June 18 […]
Washington, DC: Alcohol-related traffic deaths in DC region top national average
Washington, DC: Alcohol-related traffic deaths in DC region top national average WTOP By Kristi King June 8, 2016 WASHINGTON — The number of drunken driving deaths in the D.C. region significantly exceeds the U.S. average, an annual report released Wednesday shows. The Washington Regional Alcohol Program’s “How Safe Are Our Roads? 2015 Preliminary Report” shows […]