Sweden:  Booze to your doorstep? Sweden opens up alcohol home delivery to everyone

Sweden:  Booze to your doorstep? Sweden opens up alcohol home delivery to everyone After a long trial period, Sweden’s state-run Systembolaget chain will be able to deliver alcohol home to customers across the entire country. The Local se By Adam Rosenfeld June 17, 2019 After a trial period in which only a few of Sweden’s 21 counties […]

United Kingdom:  Alcohol sales to street drinkers could be traced with forensic technology

United Kingdom:  Alcohol sales to street drinkers could be traced with forensic technology The Telegraph By Hasan Chowdhury June 18, 2019 Shopkeepers that sell “superstrength” alcohol to street drinkers could soon be identified and fined using forensic technology that can trace exactly where cans were purchased. Under a new scheme, cans and bottles of alcohol in Bradford […]

Scotland:  New support for 170,000 Scots children damaged by alcohol

Scotland:  New support for 170,000 Scots children damaged by alcohol STV News June 18, 2019 A service has been launched for families of children who were exposed to alcohol in the womb. A new support service has been launched for the families of children who were exposed to alcohol in the womb. Foetal Alcohol Spectrum […]

Drugs, Suicide And Alcohol Causing More Millennial Deaths

Drugs, Suicide And Alcohol Causing More Millennial Deaths Medical Daily By Johnny Vatican   June 18, 2019 Millennials, the generation born from the 1980s to the 1990s, is being ravaged by a deadly crisis that saw more than 36,000 of their number commit suicide in 2017 alone. This deadly affliction is being called “deaths of despair” and […]

When to shoot, sip or pass on moonshine around the world

When to shoot, sip or pass on moonshine around the world The Washington Post By Natalie B. Compton June 17, 2019 The first time an Israeli bartender asked me whether I wanted a shot I hadn’t ordered, I figured he was taking me for an easily duped tourist. He wouldn’t be wrong; I’m not immune to […]

Public Support for State-based Alcohol Regulation is Very High

Public Support for State-based Alcohol Regulation is Very High Source: Public Action Management by Pamela S. Erickson  June 19, 2019  As far as the public is concerned, our state-based system of alcohol regulation is on solid ground. This is the overall finding of a poll conducted by the Center for Alcohol Policy (CAP). This continued […]

Women not aware enough of breast cancer link to alcohol

Women not aware enough of breast cancer link to alcohol Source: https://www.bbc.com/ June 19, 2019 Women know too little about alcohol’s role in increasing breast cancer risk, a study suggests. Only one in five women attending a breast cancer clinic knew it was a risk factor. But alcohol consumption is estimated to be responsible for […]

A Ten-Year Plan To Reduce Global Alcohol Consumption Is Showing Results

A Ten-Year Plan To Reduce Global Alcohol Consumption Is Showing Results Forbes By Thomas Pellechia, Contributor June 10, 2019 There’s a global move to get people to drink less alcohol. WHO is behind the move, and that is not a question, who being the World Health Organization. As of just a few years ago, a WHO chart listed France’s […]

WV:  New DUI Simulator to be Unveiled

WV:  New DUI Simulator to be Unveiled News Release WV ABCA June 7, 2019 Charleston, W.Va. – The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration (WVABCA) will hold a press conference on Monday, June 10 at 1:30 p.m. to present the citizens of West Virginia with a brand-new DUI Simulator.   WVABCA Commissioner Fred Wooton said, “The […]