Massachusetts: Cheaper liquor licenses? Not so fast, restaurateurs say

Massachusetts: Cheaper liquor licenses? Not so fast, restaurateurs say   Source: Boston Globe August 21, 2017   The disparities are glaring: Restaurants with liquor licenses are concentrated in Boston’s more affluent neighborhoods. Of the city’s 1,110 licenses, a negligible number are held by African-American owners. Mattapan has no restaurant that serves alcohol.   A Boston […]

United Kingdom: Baby boomers ‘are problem drinkers’:

United Kingdom: Baby boomers ‘are problem drinkers’: Nearly half of hospital admissions for alcohol over a year were for people aged between 55 and 74   NHS specialists increasingly concerned about heavy drinking among over-50s Doctors increasingly more worried about middle-aged, middle-class women Men and women are advised not to drink more than 14 units […]

We Need a DUI Test for Marijuana

We Need a DUI Test for Marijuana   Barring confession, there’s no way to tell if a driver is high.   Source: WSJ By Ethan Siegel and  Alex Berezow Aug. 22, 2017   Cheyllyn Ranae Collinsworth, an 18-year-old Washington state resident, died in May following a car crash. The person responsible was driving under the […]