What’s Behind the Elective-Sobriety Trend
What’s Behind the Elective-Sobriety Trend Why people are giving up drinking, even when they don’t have a problem Source: https://elemental.medium.com/ Virginia Sole-Smith Apr 10 On a warmer-than-average Thursday evening in February, 40 women gathered in Philadelphia’s industrial-chic Front Street Cafe for happy hour?-?but instead of ordering rosé or craft beer, they sipped artisanal mocktails and locally […]
Heineken has a plan to make Americans love beer again
Heineken has a plan to make Americans love beer again Source: https://www.cnn.com/ By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business April 15, 2019 Americans are drinking less beer. Heineken has a plan to fix that. Over the past four years, American beer consumption slid 5%, according to research firm Mintel. A quarter of US beer drinkers said in August […]
BEVERAGE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DIPS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR
BEVERAGE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DIPS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR Source: EPG Media April 14, 2019 Consumers are drinking less: Beverage alcohol consumption levels in the U.S. fell 0.8% for a second consecutive year in 2018, according to the Beverage Information Group’s Handbook Advance 2019. Declining beer sales held back the alcohol industry’s overall performance, as did […]
Forcing a smile at work linked to heavy drinking: study
Forcing a smile at work linked to heavy drinking: study Source: https://www.foxnews.com/ By David Aaro April 13 Employees who work in the public eye who force themselves to smile for customers or hide feelings of annoyance may be susceptible to heavy drinking after hours, according to a new study. Researchers at Penn State and the University […]
America’s Real Drug Problem: Alcohol Abuse Costs US Billions Annually
America’s Real Drug Problem: Alcohol Abuse Costs US Billions Annually Source: https://citizentruth.org/ Apr 11, 2019 A report in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine states that alcohol abuse costs the United States a whopping $249 billion in 2010 alone. America’s epidemic of opioid abuse and the increasing problem of methamphetamine addiction have been the stars of […]
US Military Is America’s Heaviest-Drinking Profession, Survey Finds
US Military Is America’s Heaviest-Drinking Profession, Survey Finds Military.com By Patricia Kime April 11, 2019 “This comes as a surprise,” said no one, ever, of a new analysis that finds military members drink alcohol more than workers in any other job. A review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s survey data from 2013 through […]
Are Crazy State Liquor Laws Constitutional?
Are Crazy State Liquor Laws Constitutional? National Review By Caleb Whitmer April 12, 2019 Many states’ regulations seem more designed to suppress competition than to encourage safety. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Prohibition. While that odd chapter in American history officially concluded with the 21st Amendment’s ratification in 1933, the restless […]
Canada: Federal government moves to lift its final barrier to interprovincial alcohol sales
Now, it says, it’s up to the provinces and territories to enact changes of their own that would allow for direct-to-consumer sales of alcohol across Canada National Post The Canadian Press April 9, 2019 OTTAWA — The federal government has introduced legislation that it says will remove a final federal barrier to the easier flow […]
India: States chalking out plans to implement Alcoholic Beverages Regulations
India: States chalking out plans to implement Alcoholic Beverages Regulations FnBnews April 10, 2019 Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi – The food safety commissioners and the excise commissioners in the states are currently holding meetings to chalk out plans for the effective implementation of the Alcoholic Beverages Regulations, 2018, which came into force on April 1, […]
Alcohol, Cannabis and Other Drugs: A Pharmacological Evaluation
Alcohol, Cannabis and Other Drugs: A Pharmacological Evaluation News Medical, Life Sciences By Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. | Reviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. April 10, 2019 The abuse of alcohol and other drugs like narcotics, sedatives and stimulants continues to be a major global public health concern. This international crisis is further heightened by the tendency of many users […]