Canada: Toronto city staff warn of ‘increased risk-taking behaviour’ when combining alcohol with caffeine drinks

Canada: Toronto city staff warn of ‘increased risk-taking behaviour’ when combining alcohol with caffeine drinks   Canadian Underwriter March 14, 2017 Toronto’s board of health will consider Monday a proposal to require organizers of events on city property to “be familiar” with a federal government warning against mixing alcohol with caffeinated energy drinks.   Health […]

Canada: Changes on tap as craft breweries respond to new impaired driving laws in Sask.

Canada: Changes on tap as craft breweries respond to new impaired driving laws in Sask.   CTV News By Katherine Hill, Video Journalist March 14, 2017 SASKATCHEWAN – They’re meant to keep impaired drivers off the roads. But, new drunk driving laws introduced in Saskatchewan earlier this year have sparked change in the province’s beer […]

Florida: Florida House keeps chipping away at ‘Liquor Wall’

Florida: Florida House keeps chipping away at ‘Liquor Wall’   Source: Palm Beach Post Jim Turner  March 14, 2017    A heavily lobbied measure intended to knock down a decades-old prohibition on selling liquor in grocery and large retail stores narrowly continued to advance in the House on Tuesday.   The Government Operations & Technology […]

NABCA Legal Symposium – Day 2

NABCA Legal Symposium – Day 2   Source: NABCA March 14th   NABCA’s 24th Annual Symposium on Alcohol Beverage Law & Regulation successfully concluded on day two with positive comments and more than 280 people participating as part of the live audience or online. Below are summaries of Tuesday’s presentations.   New 1st Amendment Challenges […]

How Alcohol and Caffeine Built Civilization?

How Alcohol and Caffeine Built Civilization?   Source: PJ Media BY TYLER O’NEIL MARCH 14, 2017   Humans have long been addicted to alcohol and caffeine. But these two drugs – which kill those who overdose – have enabled the birth and flourishing of civilization.   Chelsea Follett, managing editor of HumanProgress.org, a project of […]

Op-ed: Problems of lower alcohol limit are many, and the advantages are non-existent

Op-ed: Problems of lower alcohol limit are many, and the advantages are non-existent   Source: Salt Lake Tribune By Sarah Longwell Mar 10 2017   Pending Gov. Gary Herbert’s signature, Utah will become the first state in the nation to lower its legal drunk driving threshold from 0.08 to 0.05 blood-alcohol content.   Unfortunately, the […]

Beer Industry Could Lose $2 Billion From Legal Marijuana (Additional Coverage)

Beer Industry Could Lose $2 Billion From Legal Marijuana (Additional Coverage)   Source: Forbes Debra Borchardt March 13th   The Cannabiz Consumer Group believes that cannabis consumers will switch from drinking beer and just stick with marijuana. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)   Beer sales could take a huge hit if more states legalize recreational marijuana. A […]

SPIRITS INDUSTRY HAILS SELF-REGULATORY LABELLING PROPOSAL?

SPIRITS INDUSTRY HAILS SELF-REGULATORY LABELLING PROPOSAL?   Source: The Spirits Business by Annie Hayes 13th March, 2017   The European Commission has published a report inviting the drinks industry to propose self-regulatory measures with regards to listing nutritional information and ingredients.   The report on the implementation of the Food Information to Consumers Regulation regarding […]