University of Idaho to ask ed board for game alcohol sales

    KHQ June 14, 2017 LEWISTON, Idaho – (AP) – Officials at University of Idaho, Boise State University and Idaho State University will ask the State Board of Education for permission to allow alcohol sales at home football games this year.   The board denied similar requests from UI and BSU last year.   […]

Canadian Postsecondary Education Partnership — Alcohol Harms launches with mandate to reduce alcohol-related harms on campus

Canadian Postsecondary Education Partnership — Alcohol Harms launches with mandate to reduce alcohol-related harms on campus   Newswire June 14, 2017 OTTAWA, June 14, 2017 /CNW/ – The Postsecondary Education Partnership — Alcohol Harms (PEP–AH) launched today with a strong commitment to taking steps to address collectively alcohol-related harms on Canadian campuses.   PEP–AH is […]

Cocktails Rise and Shine While Beer and Wine Sales Slip

Cocktails Rise and Shine While Beer and Wine Sales Slip   Beer and wine had a difficult year in 2016, but sales of hard alcohol eked out growth   Source: WSJ By Saabira Chaudhuri and  Jennifer Maloney June 15, 2017   The world’s drinkers are turning to the hard stuff.   Liquor makers sold more […]

United Kingdom: Health expert calls for graphic warnings on alcohol packaging

United Kingdom: Health expert calls for graphic warnings on alcohol packaging A leading public health expert has called for serious consideration to applying graphic health warnings on the packaging of alcohol and junk food   Packaging News By Waqas Qureshi June 14, 2017 Judith Mackay, an adviser to the World Health Organisation who fought against […]

Alcoholic ice lolly craze creating ‘drink drive’ threat, police warn

Alcoholic ice lolly craze creating ‘drink drive’ threat, police warn   Source: The Telegraph Katie Morley, consumer affairs editor 14 JUNE 2017   Police are issuing warnings to drivers over alcoholic ice lollies as they say the new summer trend is creating drink drive risk.   The lollies are flying off the shelves in supermarkets […]

NBWA Statement on 9th Circuit Ruling Upholding California Tied-House Laws

NBWA Statement on 9th Circuit Ruling Upholding California Tied-House Laws   Source: NBWA June 14th   Today, an en banc panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued its opinion in Retail Digital Network’s suit against a California law prohibiting beverage alcohol manufacturers and wholesalers from providing anything of value, […]

Opinion: Social media is as harmful as alcohol and drugs for millennials

Opinion: Social media is as harmful as alcohol and drugs for millennials   Phys.org By Tony Rao, The Conversation June 12, 2017 The word “addiction” brings to mind alcohol and drugs. Yet, over the past 20 years, a new type of addiction has emerged: addiction to social media. It may not cause physical harms, such […]

Illinois Court Scores One for Three-Tier System

Illinois Court Scores One for Three-Tier System   Source: Wine & Spirits Daily June 13th   Late last week a judge for the US District Court of Illinois sided with the state and its wholesalers in dismissing a case that challenged the state’s direct-to-consumer shipping laws.   Recall, Lebamoff Enterprises, a retailer in Indiana, filed […]

Around the world, beer consumption is falling

Around the world, beer consumption is falling   Beer has become less popular in the world’s biggest markets   Source: The Economist Jun 13th 2017   THE world appears to have passed peak booze. The volume of alcoholic drinks consumed globally fell by 1.4% in 2016, to 250bn litres, according to IWSR, a research firm. […]

Canada: Random alcohol and drug testing for pilots under consideration at new aviation summit

Canada: Random alcohol and drug testing for pilots under consideration at new aviation summit Republish June 5, 2017 Transport Canada is developing a new policy to take action against pilots caught working under the influence after two high-profile incidents last year where pilots accused of being intoxicated were intercepted at airports, according to a briefing […]