Amazon to open its first bar
Amazon to open its first bar Source: http://www.drinksbulletin.com.au by: Naomi Kaplan October 09, 2017 Amazon is opening a pop-up bar in Tokyo to promote alcohol sales on its site. While the company has opened physical bookstores, bought Whole Foods and is testing a food market without cash registers at its Seattle headquarters, […]
IL: Liquor inspection pilot program getting high marks for focusing resources locally
IL: Liquor inspection pilot program getting high marks for focusing resources locally Illinois News Network By Greg Bishop October 12, 2017 ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK-A pilot program dubbed LC13 by those involved has the state re-allocating resources to local governments in order to inspect retail liquor establishments. And it’s getting some high marks from those participating […]
New Zealand: Up to two more hours a day for booze sales at Auckland bottle stores and supermarkets
New Zealand: Up to two more hours a day for booze sales at Auckland bottle stores and supermarkets NZ Herald October 13, 2017 Licensed Auckland supermarkets and bottle stores would be able to sell alcohol for up to two more hours each day under the council’s latest proposal. Auckland’s provisional Local Alcohol Policy is continuing […]
Trouble Ahead: A Third Of Teens Think It’s Legal To Drive Under The Influence Of Marijuana
Trouble Ahead: A Third Of Teens Think It’s Legal To Drive Under The Influence Of Marijuana Forbes By Cheryl and Christopher Jensen , CONTRIBUTOR October 13, 2017 A third of teens in a new survey think it’s legal to drive under the influence of marijuana in states where recreational use by adults is legal. What could go wrong? […]
Statistics show changes in frosh drinking culture, one year after hard alcohol ban
Statistics show changes in frosh drinking culture, one year after hard alcohol ban The Stanford Daily October 13, 2017 New data on undergraduate alcohol consumption suggests that freshman drinking rates have dropped a year after the controversial restriction on hard alcohol was first introduced. Since fall 2016, the latest iteration of Stanford’s alcohol policy has seen a […]
Alcohol laws: Why do liquor rules vary drastically from state-to-state?
Alcohol laws: Why do liquor rules vary drastically from state-to-state? FOX 5 By Jim Lokay October 12, 2017 WASHINGTON – From state to state, the rules of buying your favorite alcoholic beverages are drastically different. In D.C., you can buy beer and wine at grocery stores, but spirits are mostly found in privately owned liquor stores. Virginians […]
Alcohol impairment: What are blood alcohol concentration levels?
Alcohol impairment: What are blood alcohol concentration levels? AJC.com By Nelson Helm, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution October 12, 2017 The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s office revealed Wednesday the blood alcohol concentration of a Roswell teen that died Sept. 14 after a suspected hazing incident. Max Gruver, 18, had a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.495 — […]
California: Los Angeles Moves to Tighten Rules on Alcohol Sales at Gas Stations
California: Los Angeles Moves to Tighten Rules on Alcohol Sales at Gas Stations “This measure will make sure we are doing more to prevent drinking and driving.” Source: NBC 4 By City News Service October 10, 2017 A Los Angeles City Council committee voted Tuesday in favor of adopting stricter enforcement of […]
The Secret Liquor History of Nursery Rhymes
The Secret Liquor History of Nursery Rhymes It turns out that many common fairy tales and fables have very boozy roots. Source: Daily Beast Wayne Curtis 10.12.17 Nursery rhymes, fables and traditional folk tales all share a close kinship with drunkenness. I mean, obviously, right? They reduce the complications of life […]
Liquor Makers Need to Sober Up to the Decline in Teenage Drinking
Liquor Makers Need to Sober Up to the Decline in Teenage Drinking Big liquor is betting on the U.S. even as alcohol consumption among under-21s is plummeting Source: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By Stephen Wilmot Oct. 10, 2017 Move over millennials: Today’s smartphone-obsessed teens, Generation Z, are the consumers of the future. […]