Oklahoma Supreme Court rules convenience stores can be sued for selling alcohol to intoxicated customers
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules convenience stores can be sued for selling alcohol to intoxicated customers Source: News 4 OCTOBER 25, 2017 Convenience stores across Oklahoma are facing more pressure now when it comes to selling alcohol. A state supreme court ruling, Tuesday, said a store could be sued if they sell alcohol […]
Rising Alcohol Levels: How Winemakers are Adjusting
Rising Alcohol Levels: How Winemakers are Adjusting Winemakers share their top tactics for managing-and reducing-alcohol levels in wine Source: https://daily.sevenfifty.com Julie H. Case October 24th As temperatures creep up across the winemaking world, many winemakers, especially in traditionally cooler climates, such as those in Oregon and Washington, are having to figure out […]
Control States: Administrators Conference – Day 1
Making Progress on Impaired Driving Steve Schmidt began the session by giving an historical look at the progress of highway fatalities associated with alcohol-impaired driving. Since 1995, progress has stalled. He also provided a general overview of laws that have impacted drinking and driving such as passing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age, adding sobriety […]
Welsh government plans minimum pricing for alcohol sales
Welsh government plans minimum pricing for alcohol sales Rebecca Evans to introduce bill to Welsh assembly that will ‘make it an offence for retailers to sell strong alcohol at low prices’ Source: The Guardian Press Association 22 October 2017 A new law that will introduce a minimum price for the sale of […]
Opening New Channel to Black Market and Underage Alcohol Access
WSWA Opposes HR 4024–Bill Would Allow Troubled USPS to Ship Alcohol, Opening New Channel to Black Market and Underage Alcohol Access Source: WSWA October 23rd Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) the national trade association representing family-owned distributors today announced its opposition to legislation that would allow for the first time in […]
Can Science Make Alcohol Safer?
Can Science Make Alcohol Safer? The scion of an Indian pharmaceutical giant spent $35 million to make your martini more liver-friendly. But regulators aren’t raising their glasses just yet. Source: WSJ By Heidi Mitchell Oct. 23, 2017 As the son of the founder of Granules India Ltd. , one of the world’s […]
Finland: Alcohol sales fall 2 percent in Finland
Finland: Alcohol sales fall 2 percent in Finland YLE Päivittäistavarakauppa Ry, Valvira October 18, 2017 The retail sale of alcohol dropped 2 percent in the first part of the year, even though grocery stores had 15 more days to sell their goods. Retail sales of alcohol decreased by 2 percent in the first six months […]
Are alcoholics born or made?
Are alcoholics born or made? Source: The Telegraph Victoria Lambert 21 OCTOBER 2017 When one parent is staunchly teetotal and the other a full-blown alcoholic, it is difficult, says Ronnie Joice with delicate understatement, “to work out how to drink safely.” The 30-year-old says he “very rarely drink[s] now, but I used to […]
Australia: Riley review: Floor price on alcohol, 400sqm rule to be scrapped in wake of NT alcohol policy paper
Australia: Riley review: Floor price on alcohol, 400sqm rule to be scrapped in wake of NT alcohol policy paper NEWS By Dijana Damjanovic and Xavier La Canna October 19, 2017 The law that has prevented liquor giant Dan Murphy’s from opening a store in the Northern Territory is set to be lifted and a floor price […]
Dutch courage: Alcohol improves foreign language skills
Dutch courage: Alcohol improves foreign language skills Science Daily University of Liverpool October 18, 2017 Summary: A new study shows that bilingual speakers’ ability to speak a second language is improved after they have consumed a low dose of alcohol. A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, conducted by researchers from the University of Liverpool, […]