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 […]
United Kingdom: The real reason beer sales are falling (and it’s not just because of healthy millennials)
United Kingdom: The real reason beer sales are falling (and it’s not just because of healthy millennials) Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Adrian Tierney Jones July 2, 2019 It’s early Saturday lunchtime at a former factory in Hackney Wick, east London, which is now the home of Crate Brewery. It’s only been open half an hour, but a steady […]
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 […]
Casual Alcohol Use Has Been Linked to Several Major Cancers-So Where’s the Campaign? (Additional Coverage)
Casual Alcohol Use Has Been Linked to Several Major Cancers-So Where’s the Campaign? (Additional Coverage) Here’s what your doctor probably isn’t telling you. Source: https://www.health.com/ By Maggie O’Neill June 28, 2019 Public health campaigns have warned us for years to kick tobacco to the curb. And with good reason: Up to 90% of lung cancer cases […]
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 […]
Booze bottles might be more dangerous than the alcohol inside them
Booze bottles might be more dangerous than the alcohol inside them Source: https://bgr.com/ Mike Wehner June 29th, 2019 Alcoholic beverages are carefully controlled and their distribution is strictly regulated. Unfortunately, the typically fancy bottles that various spirits, beer, and wine come in might be hiding some rather serious dangers of their own. A new study that […]