PA:  Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Awards Nearly $765,000 in Grants to Reduce Underage and Dangerous Drinking

PA:  Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Awards Nearly $765,000 in Grants to Reduce Underage and Dangerous Drinking News Release News Provided By Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board July 2, 2019 HARRISBURG, Pa., July 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Committed to providing financial support to reduce underage and dangerous alcohol consumption, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) has approved almost $765,000 to 44 […]

PBR Just Released a Hard Coffee With Alcohol and Caffeine

PBR Just Released a Hard Coffee With Alcohol and Caffeine Thrillist By Dustin Nelson July 2, 2019 The familiar Blue Ribbon seal has been hitting a lot of new products lately. Earlier this year, it was revealed that PBR is working on a whiskey. Then there was news that it’s releasing a PBR with a higher alcohol content, […]

Diageo mulls creation of non-alcoholic Guinness

Diageo mulls creation of non-alcoholic Guinness Drinks company reacts to growing demand for low-alcohol products. Campaign By Daniel Farey-Jones July 3, 2019 Diageo’s global head of innovation, Michael Ward, has admitted that the company has been working on a non-alcoholic version of Guinness, although he said that developing such a product posed “a lot of […]

What’s behind the growing trend of booze-free events?

What’s behind the growing trend of booze-free events? Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/ July 3, 2019 During her years as a reporter in Washington, D.C. in the 1980s, Jayne O’Donnell says she was averaging two bottles of wine per day.  “I was working on Capitol Hill in the 1980s – it’s no accident the early ’80s were the peak […]

Fun without alcohol? Sober bars offer social connections without peer pressure to drink

Fun without alcohol? Sober bars offer social connections without peer pressure to drink Source: https://www.usatoday.com/ By Laura Ungar, Kaiser Health News and Jayne O’Donnell July 2, 2019 Sober bars are becoming a new way for people recovering and those who simply want to cut back drinking to have a safe space to socialize.  Not far from […]

Pediatricians play key role in routine anticipatory guidance on teen alcohol use

Pediatricians play key role in routine anticipatory guidance on teen alcohol use AAP News & Journals By Joanna Quigley, M.D., FAAP June 24, 2019 Much-needed attention is being paid to the impact of opioid, cannabis and nicotine use among youths in communities throughout the U.S. However, alcohol remains the most widely used substance by teens and has […]

DE:  Delaware Lawmakers Make Underage Alcohol Possession Civil Offense, Decriminalize Marijuana For Juveniles

DE:  Delaware Lawmakers Make Underage Alcohol Possession Civil Offense, Decriminalize Marijuana For Juveniles CBS 3 By CBS3 Staff June 30, 2019  DOVER, Del. (CBS/AP) – Delaware lawmakers have approved two measures that will decriminalize underage possession or consumption of alcohol and simple possession of marijuana to juveniles. Both bills are headed to Democratic Gov. John Carney for […]

Alcohol causes significant harm to those other than the drinker

Alcohol causes significant harm to those other than the drinker News Release Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs July 1, 2019 PISCATAWAY, NJ – Each year, one in five U.S. adults — an estimated 53 million people — experience harm because of someone else’s drinking, according to new research in the Journal of Studies […]