MADD: Car-Locking Systems Stopped 1.77 Million Drunk Drivers
MADD: Car-Locking Systems Stopped 1.77 Million Drunk Drivers ABC News By Brian Witte, Associated Press February 10, 2016 ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Car-locking systems have stopped more than 1.77 million people from driving drunk since states first passed laws requiring offenders to install them in 1999, Mothers Against Drunk Driving said in a first-of-its-kind report […]
Theresa Hancock can often tell when a liquor store is about to close.
WASHINGTON – Theresa Hancock can often tell when a liquor store is about to close. The owners “call me all the time, try to sell me their licenses,” said Hancock, who has owned the Sunnyside Liquor Store since 1988. Hancock has been getting more of those calls in the last few years as […]
Asia: Liquor in Indonesia should not be banned, but controlled: Industry
Asia: Liquor in Indonesia should not be banned, but controlled: Industry Asia One February 12, 2016 The alcohol industry has called on the House of Representatives to draft a bill that would become the legal basis to regulate the distribution of alcoholic beverages in society. If such a bill was passed into law, it […]
Rhythm and booze
Rhythm and booze FT By Ludovic Hunter-Tilney February 12, 2016 For years the drinks industry has poured money into a music scene that celebrates alcohol. How will they react to trends that show their target audience drinking less? Most nights out from my twenties are forgotten — some were hard enough to recall […]
Will the new UK alcohol guidelines mean we drink less?
Will the new UK alcohol guidelines mean we drink less? Cambridge News February 12, 2016 Last month, the UK’s new alcohol guidelines warned that drinking any level of alcohol increases the risk of a range of cancers – and recommended men and women should consume no more than 14 units of alcohol per week. […]
A Town Is Building a Public Beer Fountain to Attract Tourists
A Town Is Building a Public Beer Fountain to Attract Tourists TIME By Denver Nicks February 11, 2016 SLOVENIA , CENTRAL EUROPE – Zalec, a small town in central Slovenia, is famed locally for the hop farms that surround it in what is known as the “valley of green gold.” Soon, however, according to […]
Michigan: Grocery stores want to let customers shop while drinking beer or wine
Michigan: Grocery stores want to let customers shop while drinking beer or wine Source: MLive Paula Gardner February 11, 2016 An expanding southeast Michigan grocery chain is looking to start a new concept in its stores by turning to by-the-glass beer and wine sales so that customers can drink during a shopping trip. […]
Cheers! Millennials Drink Almost Half the Wine Bought in America
Cheers! Millennials Drink Almost Half the Wine Bought in America Source: NBC News by Lucy Bayly February 11, 2016 Glug! Now that the nation’s millennials are all officially 21, this 79-million-strong crowd of tastemakers is starting to shape the nation’s appetite for wine – buying more per person, spending more per bottle, […]
Scotland: Health professionals call for alcohol-only check-outs
Scotland: Health professionals call for alcohol-only check-outs Source: BBC News 11 February 2016 Scotland should introduce alcohol-only check-outs and ban drinks advertising, health professionals have said. The measures are among 20 recommendations on alcohol marketing made by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (Shaap). It wants alcohol advertising to be devolved […]
Alaska: Gov. Walker proposes bill that doubles state’s alcohol tax
Alaska: Gov. Walker proposes bill that doubles state’s alcohol tax Source: News Miner Matt Buxton February 11, 2016 Another tax proposal, another hearing where legislators are left wondering about its economic impacts. This time it was the House Labor and Commerce Committee that found itself frustrated when reviewing House Bill 248, a […]