Why shouldn’t alcohol be sold in a free market?
Why shouldn’t alcohol be sold in a free market? It’s a legal product. Source: Public Action Management By Pamela Erickson June 16, 2015 Advocates who want to loosen or eliminate various alcohol regulations claim our laws are “antiquated, Byzantine, or from the Prohibition era.” Their conclusion is that alcohol should be sold in our free […]
Drinking is central to college culture – and to sexual assault
Drinking is central to college culture – and to sexual assault By Emma Brown, Steve Hendrix and Susan Svrluga June 14 Beer pong, body shots and keg stands. Fraternity parties, house parties and bar crawls. College, for many students, is a generously spiked four years. And with all that alcohol comes an increased risk of sexual violence, according to […]
Dartmouth funeral home to soon start selling alcohol during visitations
Dartmouth funeral home to soon start selling alcohol during visitations Truro Daily News By Zane Woodford, Metro Halifax June 16, 2015 DARTMOUTH – A funeral home in Dartmouth will soon become the first in the province to give those grieving the loss of a loved one the chance to do so with a drink. Atlantic Funeral […]
Powdered Alcohol Products New Challenge in an Era of Needed Regulation
Powdered Alcohol Products New Challenge in an Era of Needed Regulation The Journal of American Medical Association Authors: Timothy S. Naimi, MD, MPH1; James F. Mosher, JD2 June 15, 2015 In March 2015, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) approved several powdered alcohol products, sold under the brand name Palcohol, […]
Bar pleads guilty in liquid nitrogen cocktail case
Bar pleads guilty in liquid nitrogen cocktail case Source: The Spirits Business by Amy Hopkins 15th June, 2015 A UK bar has admitted breaching health and safety regulations after a teenager who drank one of its cocktails containing liquid nitrogen had her stomach removed. Gaby Scanlon, of Lancashire, UK, drank two shots of Jägermeister laced […]
Australia: Alcohol research finds Australians support greater restrictions on industry
Australia: Alcohol research finds Australians support greater restrictions on industry Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education says four-fifths of voters want bars to close at 3am, but Australian Hotels Association dismisses findings The Guardian By Melissa Davey April 29, 2015 Four out of five Australians believe pubs, clubs and bars should close by […]
Is Your Two Buck Chuck Habit Hurting Your Health?
Is Your Two Buck Chuck Habit Hurting Your Health? When choosing a red wine, vino that’s cheap (cough, boxed wine) is temptingly easy on the wallet, so we had experts weigh on what it means for your health Source: SHAPE By Kaitlin Menza Jun 12th You’re heading over to a friend’s house for dinner and […]
Illinois: INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS MODERN-DAY BOOTLEGGING
Illinois: INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS MODERN-DAY BOOTLEGGING (Additional Coverage) Illegal alcohol sales cost State of Illinois nearly $30M a year Source: Res Publica Adam Mesirow June 12, 2015 An investigation by the Wine and Spirits Distributors of Illinois (“WSDI”) has found rampant violations of state and federal laws governing the delivery and sale of alcohol – violations […]
United Kingdom: Labour was wrong to bring in 24 hour drinking, admits Andy Burnham
United Kingdom: Labour was wrong to bring in 24 hour drinking, admits Andy Burnham Mr. Burnham, who as culture secretary in the Gordon Brown’s Government in 2008 was in charge of the policy, admitted that it had been a ‘mistake’ in a BBC debate. The Telegraph By Christopher Hope, Chief Political Correspondent […]
Alcohol use, binge drinking continues to fall among underage, report finds
Alcohol use, binge drinking continues to fall among underage, report finds Washington Post By Robert Gebelhoff June 11, 2015 A new government report found that both drinking and binge drinking among young people fell significantly between 2002 and 2013. The percentage of underage people who drank declined from 28.8 percent to 22.7 […]