WI: Proposed legislation looks to make first-offense OWI a crime in Wisconsin
WI: Proposed legislation looks to make first-offense OWI a crime in Wisconsin WXOW News 19 January 6, 2019 La Crosse, Wis. (WXOW) – Wisconsin is the only state where first-offense drunk driving is a civil violation, not a crime. Something two Republican legislators in Madison hope to change. The package of bills including the OWI […]
VA: Could changes be coming to Virginia’s alcohol laws?
VA: Could changes be coming to Virginia’s alcohol laws? NBC 12 By Mechelle Hankerson, Virginia Mercury January 4, 2019 For years, restaurant owners have struggled through the tangled bureaucracy of getting and keeping state permission to serve liquor. Virginia Mercury reports that the commonwealth’s alcohol control laws — from its decision to keep retail liquor sales under the state’s […]
More than 15 million Americans have alcohol use disorder, study says
More than 15 million Americans have alcohol use disorder, study says Source: https://fox17online.com/ JANUARY 3, 2019 Millions of Americans–many of the 70 percent who consume alcohol–welcomed 2019 with a drink in their hand and for more than 90 percent of them, the cheer can be managed. But according to the National Institutes of Health, more than […]