More children getting drunk on hand sanitizer
More children getting drunk on hand sanitizer Source: CNN By John Bonifield September 15, 2015 Six-year-old Nhaijah Russell swallowed three or four squirts of seemingly innocuous liquid hand sanitizer at school. It tasted good, she said, like strawberry. It also contained enough alcohol to make her dangerously drunk. She arrived at the […]
Canada: Opinion: Moving toward privatization of alcohol sales would be a mistake for Quebec
Canada: Opinion: Moving toward privatization of alcohol sales would be a mistake for Quebec Montreal Gazette By Sandrine Thériault, Special To Montreal Gazette September 8, 2015 The popular bias that public is less effective than private dies hard. The questionable quality of the arguments in support of the recent recommendations of former Liberal minister […]
TTB GUIDANCE ON USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO ADVERTISE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES
TTB GUIDANCE ON USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO ADVERTISE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES Source: TTB September 11, 2015 Industry Circular 2013-01 provides guidance to industry members who are using social media to advertise alcohol beverages. The guidance helps industry members ensure that their advertisements appearing in social media outlets comply with the Federal Alcohol Administration […]
Fewer U.S. Teens Abusing Alcohol, Prescription Meds: Survey
Fewer U.S. Teens Abusing Alcohol, Prescription Meds: Survey Source: HealthDay By E.J. Mundell, HealthDay Reporter Sept. 10, 2015 There’s good news from a new U.S. government report: The percentage of people ages 12 to 17 who smoke, drink or abuse certain drugs is falling. The findings come from 2014 survey data released […]
India: Supreme Court for ban on liquor shops along highways
India: Supreme Court for ban on liquor shops along highways India Today By Harish V Nair | Posted by Manit Moorjan September 9, 2015 NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court on Tuesday hinted it is determined to enforce a total ban on liquor shops along national highways but only after elaborate discussions and consultations […]
Drinking on cue: Social groups heavily influence drinkers’ attitudes, actions
Drinking on cue: Social groups heavily influence drinkers’ attitudes, actions Post and Courier By Hanna Raskin September 8, 2015 British anthropologists in the 1980s set out to quantify everything they could about a pub in a Northwest U.K. textile town. They wrote down what patrons discussed, and timed how quickly they drank. They […]
Yes, powdered alcohol is real. It’s already banned in New York and at least 20 other states.
Yes, powdered alcohol is real. It’s already banned in New York and at least 20 other states. By Abby Phillip August 15 Powdered alcohol isn’t even available on the open market yet, but 25 states have already acted to ban it either temporarily or outright. On Friday, New York became the latest. […]
VT: Burlington liquor stores see spike in fake IDs
VT: Burlington liquor stores see spike in fake IDs Employees see unusually high number so far this year WPTZ By Keele Smith September 9, 2015 “This time of year we just get ready for the fake IDs. I feel like it’s an unusually high number this year,” Pearl Street Beverage Manager John Dubie said. […]
Scotland: Three-quarters of alcohol sales in off licences rather than pubs
Scotland: Three-quarters of alcohol sales in off licences rather than pubs STV News September 9, 2015 The Scottish Government is considering resurrecting its “social responsibility” tax on alcohol retailers as more Scots abandon pubs in favour of off licences. Off licences now account for nearly three-quarters of alcohol sales in Scotland, compared with […]
NC: Is state cracking down on alcohol law violations?
NC: Is state cracking down on alcohol law violations? Citizen-Times By Emily Patrick September 11, 2015 Festival organizers sometimes react to them like ants at a picnic, or more accurately, cops at a kegger. But to do their job, state ALE agents go wherever alcohol is poured. Public safety, alcohol licenses and the money […]