Baby boomers are increasingly more likely to risk drink-driving than millennials

Baby boomers are increasingly more likely to risk drink-driving than millennials Medical Xpress By Tony Rao, The Conversation March 14, 2019 “Baby boomers,” all now over the age of 50, have shown the fastest rise in rates of alcohol and drug misuse over the past 15 years – and this is playing out on Britain’s roads. At first […]

Webinar Announcement: Supporting Recovery and Building Resilience on Campus:  The Role of Collegiate Recovery Programs

Webinar Announcement: Supporting Recovery and Building Resilience on Campus:  The Role of Collegiate Recovery Programs Announcement March 14, 2019 A webinar hosted by The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, and the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments in coordination with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy […]

Florida: Lawmakers Say Florida Alcohol Rules Need An Update

Florida: Lawmakers Say Florida Alcohol Rules Need An Update Source: https://www.wlrn.org/ By REGAN MCCARTHY  March 14, 2019 A number of bills that would make changes to Florida’s alcohol rules are moving through the legislature. But many of them make exceptions to the state’s three tier system that separates manufactures, distributors and vendors. When it comes to […]

Protecting Our Investment in College Students – what steps should we take?

Protecting Our Investment in College Students – what steps should we take? Source: Public Action Management by Pamela S. Erickson March 14, 2019 This month we are releasing a short report on college drinking. It addresses the fact that while we have made remarkable progress on underage drinking, in general; excessive drinking in college remains […]

Alcohol Solutions Group works to develop recommendations to reduce high-risk drinking

Alcohol Solutions Group works to develop recommendations to reduce high-risk drinking The Stanford Daily By Nicholas Midler  March 13, 2019 Part of an ongoing effort by the University to reform alcohol policy, the newly convened Alcohol Solutions Group (ASG) has been tasked with creating a set of recommendations and a concrete plan to reduce unhealthy […]

UC Irvine student died with 0.331 blood-alcohol after frat party, coroner says

UC Irvine student died with 0.331 blood-alcohol after frat party, coroner says ABC 7 Chicago By ABC7.com staff March 12, 2019 IRVINE, Calif. — University of California, Irvine student Noah Domingo died of alcohol poisoning with a blood-alcohol level of 0.331, the coroner’s office announced Monday. The 18-year-old from La Crescenta died at an off-campus homeon […]

Twerking, drinking, passing out on the beach – and taking cops off the border: How Spring Break resort with the ‘littest beach anywhere’ is calling in cartel-fighting police to keep college kids in line (Link)

Twerking, drinking, passing out on the beach – and taking cops off the border: How Spring Break resort with the ‘littest beach anywhere’ is calling in cartel-fighting police to keep college kids in line (Link) Source: Daily Mail March 14th Spring Break sees the sleepy island community of South Padre Island, which has just over […]

Canada:  Uncorked: ‘Mommy’ drinking culture normalizing alcoholism for women

Canada:  Uncorked: ‘Mommy’ drinking culture normalizing alcoholism for women Global News By Lauren McNabb March 12, 2019 On the projector screen of a classroom at the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba sits the image of a large wineglass and the phrase “Keep Calm, Mother On.” The relatable meme has been shared by thousands, if not millions of […]