Liquor to be made available online in Kerala from Onam

Liquor to be made available online in Kerala from Onam Consumerfed is the apex body of consumer cooperatives and has 36 retail liquor outlets in Kerala   Business Standard IANS, Thiruvananthapuram August 18, 2016 In a move sure to raise the spirits of devotees of Bachhus in Kerala amid talks of “tweaking” the state liquor […]

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 […]

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 […]