Massachusetts: Regulators decline to punish bar owner who admitted taking payments
Massachusetts: Regulators decline to punish bar owner who admitted taking payments Source: bostonglobe.com By Dan Adams July 29, 2016 Massachusetts alcohol regulators on Friday declined to punish a bar whose owner admitted taking $20,000 in payments from a beer distributor, dealing a setback to state investigators who had vowed to crack down on […]
Scientists Get Closer to Harnessing the Health Benefits of Red Wine
Scientists Get Closer to Harnessing the Health Benefits of Red Wine Source: WSJ Denise Roland Aug. 1, 2016 Scientists on opposite sides of the globe appear to be getting closer to harnessing one of red wine’s most elusive health-giving ingredients and putting it into a pill. The ingredient, resveratrol, has been touted […]
Illinois: Bill targets bootlegging and illegal wine shipping
Illinois: Bill targets bootlegging and illegal wine shipping Source: Chicago Tribune Greg Trotter August 1, 2016 Beware, ye bootleggers and illicit e-commerce shippers of booze into Illinois – the state law is about to get tougher. Senate Bill 2989, sponsored by state Sen. James Clayborne, D-East Saint Louis, seeks to toughen oversight […]
United Kingdom: Ban for drinks-industry alcohol campaigns
United Kingdom: Ban for drinks-industry alcohol campaigns The Times By Sean O’Driscoll July 28, 2016 Dublin city council has banned drinks industry-funded alchohol-awareness campaigns from using its properties. One such event was held in March last year when Fergus Finlay, chairman of the Stop Out-of-Control Drinking campaign, talked about how cultural perceptions influenced […]
Alcohol consumption during adolescence adversely affects verbal learning and memory performance
Alcohol consumption during adolescence adversely affects verbal learning and memory performance News-Medical July 28, 2016 Adolescence is both a time of rapid neurobiological changes and of the initiation of drinking – alcohol is the most commonly used substance among students in grades eight to 12. Binge-drinking effects are particularly concerning, although it is unclear […]
Man’s Stoned Age
Man’s Stoned Age Source: The Sunday Times Jonathan Leake, Science Editor July 31 2016 After the Ice Age came the Stoned Age. Early humans began using cannabis as long as 10,000 years ago, just as Europe’s glaciers had started their final retreat, scientists have found. An archaeological study suggests early humans in […]
Drinks Industry Confidence Hit Hard by Brexit Vote Says just-drinks Survey
Drinks Industry Confidence Hit Hard by Brexit Vote Says just-drinks Survey PR Newswire By just-drinks.com July 28, 2016 LONDON – Confidence in the global drinks industry has been dealt a significant blow by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), an exclusive just-drinks survey shows. Short- and long-term industry confidence reduced, […]
News Release: NC Parents Get New Wake-Up Call on Adolescent Brain Development
News Release: NC Parents Get New Wake-Up Call on Adolescent Brain Development Statewide anti-underage drinking effort enters third phase with launch of new ad campaign Video: Talk It Out’s 30 Second TV Ad – ‘Ventilator’ The human brain isn’t fully developed until about age 25. So when the kids drink, they’re prone to make […]
NC: Emotional new ad campaign warns about what drinking does to a young brain
NC: Emotional new ad campaign warns about what drinking does to a young brain The News & Observer By Jane Stancill July 28, 2016 RALEIGH – Amid the litter of an empty beer keg and trash from an alcohol-fueled party, a teenage girl is sprawled motionless on the floor. The scene is visually […]
United Kingdom: Government to crackdown on alcohol sales at airports
United Kingdom: Government to crackdown on alcohol sales at airports itvNews July 29, 2016 A spate of incidents involving drunken plane passengers have prompted a government review on pre-flight pints. New aviation minister Lord Ahmad has announced plans to review the way alcohol is sold at airports following hundreds of booze-fuelled air rage […]