Weed or Wine? Alcohol Sellers Question If Voters Can Handle Both

Weed or Wine? Alcohol Sellers Question If Voters Can Handle Both   Source: Bloomberg by Jennifer Kaplan  November 4, 2016   The booze industry is worried that a couple of hits of marijuana may cause customers to drink less.   Legalization is on the Tuesday ballot in Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada, and alcohol […]

Will smoking pot become legal after election day??xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /   Source: USA Today Trevor Hughes  November 7, 2016   Voters in nine states will consider marijuana ballot questions, including whether or not marijuana should be legalized for recreational use.   Tuesday is marijuana’s big day, with voters in nine […]

Wetherspoon’s boss says 16-year-olds should be allowed to drink in pubs: Chain’s founder is concerned binge-drinking teenagers are not learning how to drink sensibly

Wetherspoon’s boss says 16-year-olds should be allowed to drink in pubs: Chain’s founder is concerned binge-drinking teenagers are not learning how to drink sensibly   Tim Martin, 61, says teens would be safer drinking in pubs than at home Pubs have ‘more or less become ghettos now for adults,’ he believes It’s illegal for under […]

We Tried Alcoholic Sparkling Water And It Tasted Like Regular Sparkling Water

We Tried Alcoholic Sparkling Water And It Tasted Like Regular Sparkling Water   Source: VinePair Nick Hines November 3rd   Nothing is safe from the alcohol trend machine. Vodka comes in every flavor from peanut butter and jelly to smoked salmon. Hard cider had a moment, but then nostalgia overcame us all and hard soda […]

Mississippi: Booze, sports betting taxes eyed as revenue boosters for state

Mississippi: Booze, sports betting taxes eyed as revenue boosters for state   Source: Sun Herald By Adam Ganucheau November 5, 2016   Additional alcohol taxes and the legalization of sports betting could help reform the state’s tax code, state officials said last week.   Revenue Commissioner Herb Frierson, who previously served as House Appropriations Committee […]

Finding a 21st century system for booze

Finding a 21st century system for booze Source: R Street Kevin Kosar November 1st Traverse City, Michigan (population 15,000), is a gorgeous bay town near the northern end of Lake Michigan. The town, which oozes charm, has very good restaurants and genial denizens. In the autumn, both salmon and steelhead run through the Boardman River, […]

Why Some Pot Smokers Face a Higher Risk of Drinking Problems

Why Some Pot Smokers Face a Higher Risk of Drinking Problems Source: Live Science By Rachael Rettner November 1, 2016 People who use alcohol and marijuana together may be at greater risk for alcohol-related problems, such as drunken driving and poorer health, than those who use only alcohol, a new study finds. In the study, […]

American Drinkers Are Losing Their Sweet Tooth

American Drinkers Are Losing Their Sweet Tooth Source: forbes.com Brian Freedman October 31st The holiday season has historically been a time for questionable cocktails and overly sweet libations of all kinds. From wine mulled with enough spices to overwhelm even the most brutally burned Christmas ham to the kind of impossibly ill-conceived holiday-themed cocktails that […]

Alabama: State alcohol agency also controls flagellation, exotic dancing and slots

Alabama: State alcohol agency also controls flagellation, exotic dancing and slots Source: Al.com Cameron Smith October 28, 2016 I’ll confess that I had to look up the word “flagellation” as it appears in the administrative code of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. I assumed I must have missed an alternate definition. I did not. […]