Will self-serve beer render bartenders obsolete?
Will self-serve beer render bartenders obsolete? A small but growing number of gastropubs and fast-casual restaurants are going self-serve, installing systems that enable drinkers to draw their own taps. Source: LA Times Andrew Khouri October 1st Your next draft may be pulled not by a bartender – but by you. A […]
These Are the States With the Craziest Liquor Laws
These Are the States With the Craziest Liquor Laws Source: Money Ian Salisbury Oct. 2, 2015 Texas’s idiosyncratic liquor laws are being challenged in court, but other states’ are even weirder. Wal-Mart is feuding with Texas over the state’s refusal to let it stock liquor in its aisles. The Lone Star […]
Canada: Why Canada needs a new alcohol strategy
Canada: Why Canada needs a new alcohol strategy Source: The Globe and Mail Carly Weeks Oct. 04, 2015 Marijuana continues to pop up during this (epically long) federal election campaign, with each party offering a different solution to keep the drug out of the hands of young people. It’s an important debate […]
Drug use now rivals drunk driving as cause of fatal car crashes, study says
Drug use now rivals drunk driving as cause of fatal car crashes, study says Source: Washington Post By Ashley Halsey III September 30 Police said Ronald Hayes Jr. was high on drugs and alcohol and desperate to escape officers in Prince George’s County, Md., when he ran a red light and smashed into […]
Guns and alcohol
Guns and alcohol Source: Washington Post By Eugene Volokh October 2 After various highly publicized shootings, those of us who are skeptical about gun controls are often asked: So what are we suggesting should be done about the shootings? If we’re not suggesting gun controls (as opposed to proposals such as letting teachers […]
Calls for Scotland to lead global ‘war’ on alcohol
Calls for Scotland to lead global ‘war’ on alcohol Source: Herald Scotland Judith Duffy 3 October 2015 AN international expert on tobacco control is calling for Scotland to lead the way in a global ‘war’ to tackle alcohol problems, similar to the efforts which have been made to reduce smoking across the western […]