Safe drinking during the holidays

Safe drinking during the holidays   Standard Freeholder By Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Eastern Ontario Health Unit December 23, 2015 As we are in the midst of the holiday party season, I wanted to write about alcohol and drinking responsibly.   Actually, I got the idea from a colleague that told me her underage son was […]

Funeral home’s move to sell liquor, catering packages part of a trend

Funeral home’s move to sell liquor, catering packages part of a trend Source: Chicago Tribune December 24th Mourners visiting Kolssak Funeral Home in Wheeling will soon be able to share a champagne toast and nibble on hors d’oeuvres as they pay their last respects to loved ones. The addition of liquor and catering packages at […]

Utah: Utah has broken its all-time sales record for liquor

Utah: Utah has broken its all-time sales record for liquor Source: Fox13 by Ben Winslow December 24, 2015 Utah’s alcohol control agency has broken its all-time sales record for single-day sales. The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control reported that its state-run stores sold $3.3 million in liquor on Wednesday alone. That broke the previous […]

Lisa McGirr Discusses ‘The War on Alcohol’ and the Legacy of Prohibition

Lisa McGirr Discusses ‘The War on Alcohol’ and the Legacy of Prohibition (Excerpt)   The New York Times By Jennifer Schuessler December 30, 2015 America has been awash in Prohibition-era nostalgia of late, with speakeasy-style bars, artisanal moonshine and “bootlegger balls” proliferating from New York to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Los Angeles, where revelers in […]

‘The War on Alcohol,’ by Lisa McGirr

‘The War on Alcohol,’ by Lisa McGirr   Source: New York Times Book Review By JAMES A. MORONE DEC. 30, 2015   My great-grandfather Vincenzo negotiated Prohibition by fermenting two barrels of wine a year. It was perfectly legal, he insisted. Vincenzo was lucky to be a New Yorker. In her fine history of Prohibition, […]

Woman Beats DUI Rap With Claim Her Body Brews Alcohol

Woman Beats DUI Rap With Claim Her Body Brews Alcohol   Source: ABC News By mary esch Dec 30, 2015   Drunken-driving charges against an upstate New York woman have been dismissed based on an unusual defense: Her body is a brewery.   The woman was arrested while driving with a blood-alcohol level more than […]

India: Delhi’s women-only liquor store: Did we really need one?

India: Delhi’s women-only liquor store: Did we really need one?   Source: Hindustan Times Ridhima Shukla Dec 30, 2015   After women’s coaches in the Delhi Metro, cab services with women drivers for women and all-women autorickshaw services, the only thing left was a women-only liquor store to increase the gender divide in what is […]