Canada: Labels on Alcohol Bottles Increase Awareness of Drinking Harms, Guidelines
Canada: Labels on Alcohol Bottles Increase Awareness of Drinking Harms, Guidelines News Release News Provided By Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs May 4, 2020 PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — When alcohol bottles come with conspicuous labels providing information on the risks of alcohol consumption or drinking guidelines, people are better informed about alcohol’s harms […]
6 Trends in healthier alcohol and alcohol alternatives
6 Trends in healthier alcohol and alcohol alternatives Nutritional Outlook By Mike Straus May 20, 2020 Every culture that has developed social drinking rituals has also developed its own drinking toasts. Americans toast to good spirits with a hearty “Cheers.” In Turkey, it’s commonplace to toast “to honor” by proclaiming “Şerefe.” But the emerging changes […]
UK: ‘Sobriety tag’ comes into force
UK: ‘Sobriety tag’ comes into force Those who commit alcohol-fuelled crimes will be ordered to stop drinking, to wear tags monitoring alcohol intake Source: https://www.aa.com.tr/ Ahmet Gurhan Kartal 19.05.2020 A new policing measure that may ban those committing booze-fuelled crime from consuming alcohol and monitor the ban via sweat analyzing tags has come into force […]
Off-Premise Alcohol Sales Are a Lifeline for Bars and Restaurants That Should Continue Permanently
Off-Premise Alcohol Sales Are a Lifeline for Bars and Restaurants That Should Continue Permanently Source: https://vinepair.com/ TIM MCKIRDY May 20, 2020 When the Covid-19 pandemic first took hold in the U.S., most bars and restaurants across the country were forced to close or transition their operations to delivery or takeout. As on-premise sales dropped off […]
Heavy drinking during pandemic sends kids a bad message
Heavy drinking during pandemic sends kids a bad message Parents drinking to excess may be teaching their children that when the going gets tough, it’s time to hit the bottle. HeraldNet By Jennifer Bardsley May 3, 2020 Children learn from our actions, and right now, some parents across America are teaching their kids that heavy drinking […]
United Kingdom: Alcohol awareness programme moves online for UK schools
United Kingdom: Alcohol awareness programme moves online for UK schools It’s aimed at key stage three students aged 11 to 14 IE Today May 11, 2020 A new e-learning alcohol awareness programme ‘Smashed Online’ has been launched by Collingwood Learning, which is being offered to schools for free to allow them to continue teaching PSHE […]
Canada: Saskatchewan halts alcohol sales in northern community to control COVID-19
Canada: Saskatchewan halts alcohol sales in northern community to control COVID-19 The Canadian Press MAY 10, 2020 LA LOCHE, Sask. — The Saskatchewan government says it has agreed to a request from a northern community to suspend alcohol sales in order to help control the spread of COVID-19. La Loche Mayor Robert St. Pierre said […]
US Prohibition at 100: The Failed Attempt to Ban Alcohol
US Prohibition at 100: The Failed Attempt to Ban Alcohol Source: https://www.voanews.com/ By Kenneth Schwartz May 16, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic lockdowns forced many bars and nightclubs across the United States to stand empty with their doors locked and chairs upside down on tables. One hundred years ago, taverns in the U.S. were also locked […]
MOST AMERICANS DRINK RESPONSIBLY UNDER STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS
MOST AMERICANS DRINK RESPONSIBLY UNDER STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS Source: Responsibility.org May 12, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has not increased drinking for most Americans adults. More than 6 in 10 Americans are drinking about the same or less alcohol (beer, wine, cocktails, spirits) since stay-at-home orders were implemented. Responsibility.org commissioned the survey to understand how the COVID-19 […]
MA: Survey: 40% of South Hadley 12th graders drank alcohol in past month, marijuana use below 30%
MA: Survey: 40% of South Hadley 12th graders drank alcohol in past month, marijuana use below 30% MassLive By Dennis Hohenberger May 12, 2020 SOUTH HADLEY – A portrait of alcohol and drug use among town teenagers was painted in a newly released Hampshire County Prevention Needs Assessment Survey. According to the South Hadley Drug and Alcohol Prevention […]