America Needs More Boozy Taco Bells
America Needs More Boozy Taco Bells Source: Forbes Scott Beyer July 31st Young weekend partiers in the U.S. usually follow a precise formula. First comes the drinking, then the dancing, then the debauchery, and then a bit more drinking for good measure. And then-to borrow a phrase from a certain corporation-comes the “fourth […]
WI: Alcohol-related fatalities dropping in Wisconsin
WI: Alcohol-related fatalities dropping in Wisconsin Post Crescent By Andy Thompson July 22, 2015 Alcohol-related fatalities in Wisconsin have dropped by nearly 50 percent over the past decade, due in large part to targeted enforcement and public awareness campaigns, state transportation officials say. A review of Wisconsin Department of Transportation statistics showed that […]
AZ: Navajo Nation lawmakers pass bill to enact alcohol tax
AZ: Navajo Nation lawmakers pass bill to enact alcohol tax KTAR News By Associated Press July 29, 2015 WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Lawmakers on the Navajo Nation have approved legislation to tax alcoholic beverages sold in the tribe’s casinos. The 3.25 percent tax is expected to raise $73,000 a year. The revenue […]
Russia has imposes stricter limitations on alcohol consumption
Barents Observer By Elizaveta Vassilieva July 28, 2015 Russia has imposed stricter limitations on alcohol consumption. From June 2015, manufacturers and retailers of products containing more than 0.5 percent alcohol must get a special license from the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation (FSAMR), NEWSRU reports. The new regulations, which went into force on […]
Africa: Regulators target social cost of alcohol
Africa: Regulators target social cost of alcohol But bids to limit the damaging effect of the liquor industry are meeting spirited resistance. Mail & Guardians By Lisa Steyn July 31, 2015 The department of trade and industry and the medical community face an uphill battle over proposed changes to the regulation of the money-spinning […]
Incoming students required to complete alcohol, sexual assault
Incoming students required to complete alcohol, sexual assault Northern Illinois University July 30, 2015 All incoming new students – freshmen and transfers – must complete mandatory online education designed to improve their understanding of the critical issues regarding sexual assault, interpersonal violence, stalking and bystander intervention, as well as the prevention of alcohol misuse. […]
Can you REALLY get drunk from inhaling alcohol? FEMAIL tries out bizarre new craze for getting tipsy by just breathing in booze… instead of drinking it (excerpt)
Can you REALLY get drunk from inhaling alcohol? FEMAIL tries out bizarre new craze for getting tipsy by just breathing in booze… instead of drinking it (excerpt) Daily Mail By Caroline Mcguire For Mailonline July 30, 2015 At Alcoholic Architecture customers inhale booze through alcoholic vapour Alcohol absorbs into eyeballs and lungs so you […]
Russia tightens regulations on alcohol
Russia tightens regulations on alcohol Since June 2015, distribution of many everyday goods, such as toothpaste and cleaning products, is a complicated case in Russia. New federal regulations on alcohol consumption state that products containing over 0.5 percent alcohol are subject to licensing. Source: Barents Observer Elizaveta Vassilieva July 28, 2015 Russia […]
Women who consume just FIVE alcoholic drinks around the time of conception ‘at greater risk of having an obese child’
Women who consume just FIVE alcoholic drinks around the time of conception ‘at greater risk of having an obese child’ Drinking five standard alcoholic drinks around conception increases risk Scientists discovered alcohol altered the development of lab rat’s foetuses Warn before the egg implants alcohol consumption can be damaging Found […]
Stricter alcohol laws prevent ‘hazardous’ drinking
Stricter alcohol laws prevent ‘hazardous’ drinking Source: The Spirits Business by Annie Hayes 30th July, 2015 Study reveals stricter legal alcohol regulations have a “preventative effect” on young men, except those who exhibit “a tendency towards sensation-seeking or anti-social behaviour”. The national study by the University of Zurich revealed the more legal […]