LA: LSU releases Tiger Stadium alcoholic beverage policies
LA: LSU releases Tiger Stadium alcoholic beverage policies KSLA News 12 July 25, 2019 BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – LSU Athletics announced the addition of beer and wine sales in public areas of Tiger Stadium along with its policies and procedures for alcoholic beverages. The policy, which includes a fan code of conduct, promotes […]
New Zealand: Baby boomers are NZ’s problem drinkers, not young people, new research shows
New Zealand: Baby boomers are NZ’s problem drinkers, not young people, new research shows Now to Love Karyn Henger July 26, 2019 Forget teenagers, the real problem drinkers in New Zealand are baby boomers, new research has found. For many years the assumption has been that young people are our at-risk drinkers, and […]
Australia: The dangers of rewarding yourself with alcohol
Australia: The dangers of rewarding yourself with alcohol ABC Life Kellie Scott July 25, 2019 You walk in the door after a crappy day at work and the bottle of red on the kitchen bench is calling your name. You deserve it. Today you have listened to your colleague debrief about her latest […]
100 years before Alcoholics Anonymous, the Washington Temperance Society began in a Baltimore tavern
100 years before Alcoholics Anonymous, the Washington Temperance Society began in a Baltimore tavern The Baltimore Sun Christina Tkacik July 26, 2019 Baltimore is often remembered for its resistance to Prohibition. Ironically, the city also was home to one of the 19th century’s most popular temperance societies, which began nearly 100 years before the […]
Report: 1 in 9 U.S. women drink alcohol while pregnant
Report: 1 in 9 U.S. women drink alcohol while pregnant ABC 4 Utah July 24, 2019 (CLEVELAND CLINIC) – Alcohol exposure during pregnancy can be harmful to a developing baby’s brain. Yet, a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows as many as 1 in 9 U.S. […]
Half of young drinkers are unaware of health messages on alcohol packaging
Half of young drinkers are unaware of health messages on alcohol packaging Science Daily Jul 24, 2019 Just half of 11-19 year old drinkers recall seeing health messages or warnings on alcohol packaging — despite being an important target market for this information, according to new research. Published in the Journal of Public Health, […]
Legal in 30 States: the Drive-Thru Liquor Store
Legal in 30 States: the Drive-Thru Liquor Store The News Wheel Caleb Cook July 24, 2019 For most of my life, I lived in Indiana — where you can’t even buy alcohol on Sunday, let alone do it without leaving your car. When I moved to Ohio in 2014, a whole new world […]
BBPA welcomes Government commitment to reconsider alcohol-free descriptors
BBPA welcomes Government commitment to reconsider alcohol-free descriptors Caterlyst July 23, 2019 The British Beer & Pub Association has today welcomed a new commitment from the UK Government to reconsider alcohol free descriptors. The Government’s commitment was stated in a new green paper, titled ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’, which also committed the […]
For Years, Alcohol Was My Only Comfort. Then It Nearly Killed Me
For Years, Alcohol Was My Only Comfort. Then It Nearly Killed Me New York Times Magazine Heather King July 24, 2019 On Sept. 29, 2016, I was at a private book signing in Williamson County, Tenn., for Alberto Gonzales, the former United States attorney general. As the chairwoman for the Montgomery County Young Republicans, I […]
Methanol-Tainted Alcohol: Could It Happen Here?
Methanol-Tainted Alcohol: Could It Happen Here? Source: https://www.webmd.com/ July 24, 2019 The number of suspected deaths from tainted alcohol in Costa Rica has climbed to 20 since early June, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Officials there have issued a health alert and seized about 30,000 containers of products suspected of having been contaminated […]