Visible Intoxication and Civil Liability: When Does One Drink Become One Too Many?

Visible Intoxication and Civil Liability: When Does One Drink Become One Too Many?   Liability for social hosts and licensed servers will usually attach only if the individual who consumed alcohol (and subsequently drove drunk) was perceptibly intoxicated at the time of service. But even as to “visible intoxication,” there are differences in meaning and […]

Experts believe adolescent alcohol addiction should be treated differently than in adults

Experts believe adolescent alcohol addiction should be treated differently than in adults WJAR 10 by Barbara Morse, NBC 10 NEWS March 11, 2021 (WJAR) — Treating excessive alcohol use in adolescents should be different than in adults, says a local researcher. “A lot of models that we have for adolescent addiction are really based on adult models,” […]

Hawaii: Senate passes bill lowering DUI threshold to 0.05

Hawaii: Senate passes bill lowering DUI threshold to 0.05 Source: https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/ March 10, 2021 A measure that would make Hawaii the second state in the nation to lower its blood-alcohol threshold for drunken driving to 0.05 is headed to the state House for consideration. Senate Bill 754 passed its third reading on the Senate floor […]

St. Lucia:  Alcohol Consumption In Saint Lucia A ‘Growing National Concern’

St. Lucia:  Alcohol Consumption In Saint Lucia A ‘Growing National Concern’ St. Lucia Times March 9, 2021 A senior health official here has declared that the problem of alcohol consumption is a ‘growing national concern.’ Charmaine Hippolyte-Emmanuel is the Coordinator of the Substance Abuse Advisory Council Secretariat. She issued a statement Monday in which she […]

Incentives can reduce alcohol use among American Indian and Alaska Native people

Incentives can reduce alcohol use among American Indian and Alaska Native people Washington State University By Judith Van Dongen | WSU Health Sciences Spokane Office of Research March 3, 2021 SPOKANE, Wash. – A low-cost, easy-to-administer intervention that uses small prizes and other incentives to reward alcohol abstinence can serve as an effective tool to reduce […]

What Are the Risk Factors for “Drunkorexia”?

What Are the Risk Factors for “Drunkorexia”? New research examines the nature of restricted eating related to drinking. Psychology Today By Arash Emamzadeh March 4, 2021 Drunkorexia is not an official eating disorder, but rather a term for behavior meant to control calorie intake while maximizing alcohol intoxication. In a study of college students, more than half reported […]