SC: Ankle bracelet SCRAM detects alcohol in your body
SC: Ankle bracelet SCRAM detects alcohol in your body FOX Carolina By Jennifer Phillips May 8, 2019 GREENVILLE COUNTY, SC (FOX Carolina) Just off Latimer Mill Road in Honea Path, troopers responded to a flipped car down an embankment. They say 17-year-old Savannah Hutchinson lost control of the car and went off the road. One […]
Ireland: Senator proposes new legislation to change Ireland’s drinking laws
Ireland: Senator proposes new legislation to change Ireland’s drinking laws JOE By Paul Moore May 8, 2019 Senator Catherine Noone has also clarified reports about her wanting to raise the legal drinking age in Ireland. Senator Catherine Noone has expressed concern about a recent survey which revealed that Irish drinkers consume over twice as much alcohol as […]
US wine, beer, spirits consumption ‘in a holding pattern’ as public leans toward less alcohol
US wine, beer, spirits consumption ‘in a holding pattern’ as public leans toward less alcohol North Bay Business Journal By Jeff Quackenbush May 8, 2019 As such consumption appears to be slowing while sales are growing for certain drinks competing with traditional table wine, the upper end of the industry is increasingly embracing mechanization and […]
Underage Drinking: Myth vs. Reality
Underage Drinking: Myth vs. Reality Dr. Matthew Clark shares information from “Quit Trying to Make Teen Drinking Safe” by Elizabeth Heubeck WZZM ABC 13 Author: Denise Pritchard May 8, 2019 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — With prom season ending and high school graduations picking up, it’s a time of the year where many young people are looking […]
Norway: Smoke, Drink and Eat What You Want, Norway’s Public Health Minister Says
Norway: Smoke, Drink and Eat What You Want, Norway’s Public Health Minister Says The New York Times By Palko Karasz May 10, 2019 It was a most unusual message from a health official: People should be allowed to eat, drink and smoke as they see fit. Norway’s new minister in charge of public health said this […]
Dad’s Drinking Isn’t Scrutinized as Much as Mom’s… It Should Be
Dad’s Drinking Isn’t Scrutinized as Much as Mom’s… It Should Be Healthline Written by Leah Campbell May 9, 2019 Rates of drinking and alcohol addiction are on the rise among women. The role “mommy juice” culture may play in that rise and the effect it’s having on children who grow up witnessing this shift has been viewed […]
Prom warning: New ways teens are hiding alcohol
Prom warning: New ways teens are hiding alcohol FOX 8 By Matt Wright May 9, 2019 CLEVELAND – Prom can be the most memorable night of high school. But along with the dresses and dancing can come something else: underage drinking and teens are finding creative ways to hide alcohol, including through products designed to deceive. What may look […]
What happens if we all stop drinking?
What happens if we all stop drinking? For all the talk about millennials shunning drinking, it’s the generation below – the oldest of which are 24 – that abstain like never before. We ask the experts: what would happen if we all just… stopped? GQ By Chris Stokel-Walker May 9, 2019 When was the last […]
IRELAND EMBARKS ON MASSIVE ALCOHOL REFORM
IRELAND EMBARKS ON MASSIVE ALCOHOL REFORM Source: https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/ by James Lawrence 9th May, 2019 A landmark piece of Irish legislation, the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, is set to drastically change Ireland’s drinking landscape. The controversial legislation, which was signed into law by Ireland’s president Michael D.Higgins in October 2018, is intended to severely restrict alcohol advertising […]
United Kingdom: What happens if we all stop drinking?
United Kingdom: What happens if we all stop drinking? For all the talk about millennials shunning drinking, it’s the generation below – the oldest of which are 24 – that abstain like never before. We ask the experts: what would happen if we all just… stopped? Source: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/ BY CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER 9 May 2019 When was […]