High school students invent ‘SpitStrips’ to detect alcohol in saliva
High school students invent ‘SpitStrips’ to detect alcohol in saliva CTVNews.ca By Taline McPhedran August 17, 2016 A youth-run start-up is hoping to create a simple strip of paper that can read a person’s blood alcohol content after drinking and hopefully stop people from getting behind the wheel. SpitStrips, created by a group […]
Alcohol named as worse ‘gateway’ drug than cannabis
Alcohol named as worse ‘gateway’ drug than cannabis the drinks business By Steven Green August 17, 2016 Cannabis is often credited as being the worst gateway drug into stronger things, but a new study has shown that alcohol is much worse. Based on a collection of charts on decades of drug use in […]
MI: Some call new alcohol sales law for grocery store gas stations unfair
MI: Some call new alcohol sales law for grocery store gas stations unfair Michigan Radio By Doug Tribou August 19, 2016 Summer road trips mean big business for gas stations. And if they sell gas and beer and wine, even bigger business. There are already more than 1,800 gas stations that sell alcohol in […]
GA: Savannah City Council approves amendment to alcohol ordinance
GA: Savannah City Council approves amendment to alcohol ordinance WTOC By Tesia Reed, Reporter August 18, 2016 SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – Lots of items on the Savannah City Council agenda Thursday, including a change to the way alcohol is served in the city. The council approved an amendment to the law that’s already […]
United Kingdom: HALF of parents let children under 14 drink alcohol at home to ‘reward school achievements and stop them rebelling’
United Kingdom: HALF of parents let children under 14 drink alcohol at home to ‘reward school achievements and stop them rebelling’ The Daily Mail By Rosie Taylor August 18, 2016 Half of parents allow their children to booze at home before the age of 14, new research has revealed. One in ten parents […]
Death by liquor
Death by liquor The Hindu August 19, 2016 If prohibition were merely a matter of decree, India would have been free of liquor by now. But strict enforcement is almost impossible, and as a result prohibition has been counterproductive in States that have adopted the policy for any length of time. Instead of bettering […]
India: Death by liquor
India: Death by liquor Source: The Hindu August 19, 2016 If prohibition were merely a matter of decree, India would have been free of liquor by now. But strict enforcement is almost impossible, and as a result prohibition has been counterproductive in States that have adopted the policy for any length of time. […]
Big Alcohol Tries to Go on a Health Kick
Big Alcohol Tries to Go on a Health Kick Companies embrace millennials’ health-obsessed lifestyles. Source: Bloomberg Businessweek Jennifer Kaplan August 18, 2016 Every week, after a grueling hourlong CrossFit session, Casey O’Neill and some of her workout friends typically gather for post-exercise drinks at her Boston apartment. Until last summer, she often […]
U.K.: HALF of parents let children under 14 drink alcohol at home to ‘reward school achievements and stop them rebelling
U.K.: HALF of parents let children under 14 drink alcohol at home to ‘reward school achievements and stop them rebelling’?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” / One in ten parents admitted to letting their five year olds drink at home Officials warn parents to keep children away from booze until they […]
Insurer Says It’s Not Liable In Liquid-Nitrogen Drink Claim
Insurer Says It’s Not Liable In Liquid-Nitrogen Drink Claim Source: Law360 By Shayna Posses August 17, 2016 Scottsdale Insurance Co. filed suit in Florida federal court Tuesday seeking a determination that it doesn’t have to cover claims against a company that provides liquid nitrogen to nightclubs and other venues alleging that a woman […]