IA:  1884, The Year Iowa City Rioted Over Beer

IA:  1884, The Year Iowa City Rioted Over Beer In 1884, Iowa banned all alcohol. The German Beer Mafia of Iowa City was not happy.   Daily Iowan By Claire Dietz September 14, 2017 Carroll Zuber was traveling in Germany, when he had an idea: bring microbrewing to Iowa. In 1975, the most popular beer […]

ND:  689 citations issued during alcohol saturation campaign in ND

ND:  689 citations issued during alcohol saturation campaign in ND Valley News Live September 13, 2017 BISMARCK, N.D. (Valley News Live) The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign resulted in 143 alcohol- or drug-related arrests and citations in North Dakota. Law enforcement agencies across the state participated in the national enforcement campaign from August 18 […]

MO:  Drink special regulations might leave thrifty drinkers thirsty

MO:  Drink special regulations might leave thrifty drinkers thirsty Columbia Daily Tribune By Caitlin Campbell September 13, 2017    Columbia soon may get a last call for popular drink specials such as 1-cent pitchers, $1 shots, $5 “bottomless cups” and trivia nights with alcohol for prizes. The city’s Substance Abuse Advisory Commission plans next month to approve a […]

U.S. brewers look to Germany to give Oktoberfest ales a little more oompah

U.S. brewers look to Germany to give Oktoberfest ales a little more oompah Chicago Tribune By Fritz Hahn, The Washington Post September 13, 2017 Oktoberfest officially begins Saturday in Munich when the mayor taps a ceremonial keg at noon. Over the next few weeks, bars and beer gardens around the world will be full of […]

To Change Students’ Dangerous Behavior, Understand Their Motives

To Change Students’ Dangerous Behavior, Understand Their Motives   Chronicle of Higher Education By Noah Borton September 13, 2017 Anyone who works with fraternities eventually realizes how much their success depends on the decision making of undergraduates. When students make poor choices that lead to alcohol abuse or destructive hazing, there is pressure on us […]

Alcohol plays a pervasive part in many of our favorite fictional worlds

Alcohol plays a pervasive part in many of our favorite fictional worlds the pulse By Kelley J. Bostian September 13, 2017 In the dark reaches of a futuristic universe, the expansive lands of a poetic fantasy, the eerily familiar dystopian society—what could these fictional settings possibly have in common? If you guessed alcohol, you’re correct. […]

Michigan: Bring competition to liquor sales

Michigan: Bring competition to liquor sales   Source: The Detroit News Editorial Sept. 13, 2017   Regulators don’t often decide to regulate less. Yet the state liquor commission is attempting to do just that. It wants to open competition in the liquor store industry, and that effort serves well consumers who have suffered under the […]

MI: House bills extend 0.08 drunken driving limit for 5 years

MI: House bills extend 0.08 drunken driving limit for 5 years   McClatchy The Associated Press September 12, 2017 LANSING, MICH. – Legislation up for a vote in Michigan’s Legislature would continue the state’s 0.08 blood-alcohol limit for drunken driving until 2023.   The limit is set to return to 0.10 in 2018, putting federal […]