A Medicine That Blunts The Buzz Of Alcohol Can Help Drinkers Cut Back
A Medicine That Blunts The Buzz Of Alcohol Can Help Drinkers Cut Back Source: KUNC By ALLISON AUBREY February 27, 2017 If you drink more alcohol than you want to or should, you’re not alone. A nationwide survey by the National Institutes of Health found that 28 percent of adults in the U.S. […]
SCIENTIST CLAIMS WE’LL ALL BE DRINKING HANGOVER-FREE ALCOHOL BY 2050
SCIENTIST CLAIMS WE’LL ALL BE DRINKING HANGOVER-FREE ALCOHOL BY 2050 Source: VinePair by Nick Hines February 27, 2017 Humans have been searching for the perfect hangover cure for basically as long as there have been humans. But what if we didn’t need a cure because our alcohol never made us too drunk? […]
Children exposed to ‘unacceptably high levels’ of alcohol marketing?
Children exposed to ‘unacceptably high levels’ of alcohol marketing? Source: BBC News February 27th Children are exposed to “unacceptably high levels” of alcohol marketing through sports sponsorship and public adverts, according to a report. Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) said there was “clear evidence” that exposure to alcohol marketing led children to start […]
Cannabis Crackdown Will Combat Opioids? Nope. #FactsMatter
Cannabis Crackdown Will Combat Opioids? Nope. #FactsMatter Source: Cowen and Company February 24, 2017 The Cowen Insight Yesterday, Press Secretary Sean Spicer noted that while the Administration is supportive of medical marijuana, they view adult use as a separate issue that violates federal law, consistent with the views expressed by Jeff Sessions. The […]
Forget the hangover, under-25s turn to mindful drinking Non-alcoholic drinks are taking off in pubs and bars as a new fashion for abstinence takes over among young people Source: The Guardian Rob Walker 26 February 2017 Forget pub crawls – increasing numbers of young people are replacing beer and wine with “mindful […]
Where liquor kills and Russian life grows bleak
Where liquor kills and Russian life grows bleak Source: AJC By Neil MacFarquhar , Sophia Kishkovsky February 24, 2017 The overworked cleaning woman realized that her grown son was not just sleeping off his habitual hangover in the Siberian city of Irkutsk when she discovered – to her horror – that he had […]
UT: Bill to lower legal alcohol limit passes Utah House
UT: Bill to lower legal alcohol limit passes Utah House KSL February 23, 2017 A bill to make Utah’s blood-alcohol limit for driving the lowest in the nation passed the Utah House of Representatives on Thursday. HB155, would reduce the legal limit from .08 to .05 — a limit that matches most European and […]
WA: WA Senate passes bill making fourth DUI a felony
WA: WA Senate passes bill making fourth DUI a felony KIRO7 February 23, 2017 The Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would make driving under the influence a felony if the driver has three or more prior offenses on their criminal record within 10 years. Senate Bill 5037 passed Thursday and now heads […]
NM: New Mexico bill would ban alcohol for repeat DWI offenders
NM: New Mexico bill would ban alcohol for repeat DWI offenders Artesia Daily Press February 23, 2017 A Democratic-control House committee blocked a proposal Thursday that would have banned alcohol for New Mexico’s repeat drunken drivers and created one of the most restrictive DWI laws in the country. By a 3-2 vote along party […]
New Zealand: We’re drinking stronger booze more often
New Zealand: We’re drinking stronger booze more often NZ Herald February 24, 2017 New Zealanders are drinking stronger beer and more often than they were last year, according to Statistics New Zealand figures out today. The figures show that the amount of high-strength beer was up 17 per cent in 2016, while there was […]