Alcohol-Linked Disease Overtakes Hep C As Top Reason For Liver Transplant

Alcohol-Linked Disease Overtakes Hep C As Top Reason For Liver Transplant KHN By Rachel Bluth January 22, 2019 An estimated 17,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a liver transplant, and there’s a strong chance that many of them have alcohol-associated liver disease. ALD now edges out hepatitis C as the No. 1 reason for liver […]

ID:  New proposal could make liquor licenses easier to acquire in Idaho

ID:  New proposal could make liquor licenses easier to acquire in Idaho KIVI ABC 6 January 23, 2019 BOISE — Liquor licenses are a bit hard to come by here in Idaho, at least for now. But a new piece of legislation at the statehouse could make it a little easier for some businesses to […]

The Bond Project: Creating a safer drinking environment

The Bond Project: Creating a safer drinking environment Daily Emerald By Casey Miller January 22, 2019 On a night out with friends, a University of Oregon student might have gone up to the crowded bar at Taylor’s Bar and Grill to order a “F#?&-It Bucket,” a student favorite that dumps vodka, Redbull, and various other […]

RUSSIAN POST OFFICES SELLING BEER TO RAISE FUNDS

RUSSIAN POST OFFICES SELLING BEER TO RAISE FUNDS Source: https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/ by Seren Morris 22nd January, 2019 Post offices in Russia have started to sell beer in an effort to not only raise funds, but also to increase access to legal alcohol in the wake of poisoning from counterfeit products. Russian post offices have started selling beer […]

Airport Tasting Rooms Are on the Rise

Airport Tasting Rooms Are on the Rise Not only are airport tasting rooms an ideal way to start or end a trip, but they give travelers a taste of the local scene. Source: https://www.winemag.com/ BY KARA NEWMAN  January 23, 2019 The Westward Whiskey Tasting Room is hopping: People are browsing, tasting, buying. But this isn’t the […]

Wine from a Pringles can trending after TX Walmart incident

Wine from a Pringles can trending after TX Walmart incident Source: https://www.idahostatesman.com/ By Matthew Martinez January 20, 2019 The internet is currently three Pringles cans to the wind, punch drunk in love with the idea of sipping wine from a sleeve of chips, after an unidentified woman was banned from a Wichita Falls, Texas Walmart […]

NIH Scientists and Teens Join Forces for 2019 National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week®

NIH Scientists and Teens Join Forces for 2019 National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week® National Health Observance Week Helps SHATTER THE MYTHS® about Drug and Alcohol Misuse News Release News Provided By National Institute on Drug Abuse January 22, 2019 WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Teens and scientists will connect for the ninth annual National Drug & Alcohol […]

What was in the 3.345 billion cases of alcohol?

What was in the 3.345 billion cases of alcohol? Food Processing January 22, 2019 Even though American consumers drank 3.345 billion cases of alcohol last year, their total beverage alcohol consumption declined for the third consecutive year. And the reduction in beer consumption was the source of the decline as consumers actually drank more distilled […]