What’s behind the growing trend of booze-free events?
What’s behind the growing trend of booze-free events? Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/ July 3, 2019 During her years as a reporter in Washington, D.C. in the 1980s, Jayne O’Donnell says she was averaging two bottles of wine per day. “I was working on Capitol Hill in the 1980s – it’s no accident the early ’80s were the peak […]
Fun without alcohol? Sober bars offer social connections without peer pressure to drink
Fun without alcohol? Sober bars offer social connections without peer pressure to drink Source: https://www.usatoday.com/ By Laura Ungar, Kaiser Health News and Jayne O’Donnell July 2, 2019 Sober bars are becoming a new way for people recovering and those who simply want to cut back drinking to have a safe space to socialize. Not far from […]
Pediatricians play key role in routine anticipatory guidance on teen alcohol use
Pediatricians play key role in routine anticipatory guidance on teen alcohol use AAP News & Journals By Joanna Quigley, M.D., FAAP June 24, 2019 Much-needed attention is being paid to the impact of opioid, cannabis and nicotine use among youths in communities throughout the U.S. However, alcohol remains the most widely used substance by teens and has […]
Casual Alcohol Use Has Been Linked to Several Major Cancers-So Where’s the Campaign? (Additional Coverage)
Casual Alcohol Use Has Been Linked to Several Major Cancers-So Where’s the Campaign? (Additional Coverage) Here’s what your doctor probably isn’t telling you. Source: https://www.health.com/ By Maggie O’Neill June 28, 2019 Public health campaigns have warned us for years to kick tobacco to the curb. And with good reason: Up to 90% of lung cancer cases […]
DE: Delaware Lawmakers Make Underage Alcohol Possession Civil Offense, Decriminalize Marijuana For Juveniles
DE: Delaware Lawmakers Make Underage Alcohol Possession Civil Offense, Decriminalize Marijuana For Juveniles CBS 3 By CBS3 Staff June 30, 2019 DOVER, Del. (CBS/AP) – Delaware lawmakers have approved two measures that will decriminalize underage possession or consumption of alcohol and simple possession of marijuana to juveniles. Both bills are headed to Democratic Gov. John Carney for […]
Alcohol causes significant harm to those other than the drinker
Alcohol causes significant harm to those other than the drinker News Release Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs July 1, 2019 PISCATAWAY, NJ – Each year, one in five U.S. adults — an estimated 53 million people — experience harm because of someone else’s drinking, according to new research in the Journal of Studies […]
Booze bottles might be more dangerous than the alcohol inside them
Booze bottles might be more dangerous than the alcohol inside them Source: https://bgr.com/ Mike Wehner June 29th, 2019 Alcoholic beverages are carefully controlled and their distribution is strictly regulated. Unfortunately, the typically fancy bottles that various spirits, beer, and wine come in might be hiding some rather serious dangers of their own. A new study that […]
Raise your glasses! Beer goggles really DO exist, study reveals
Raise your glasses! Beer goggles really DO exist, study reveals Study found couple of beers is all it takes for men to find more women attractive Drinkers were less prejudicial about whether fatter women were desirable or not Findings back up the beer goggles effect, coined to describe alcohol’s impact Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ 29 June 2019 Scientists […]
Supreme Court Affirms Police Can Order Blood Drawn From Unconscious DUI Suspects
Supreme Court Affirms Police Can Order Blood Drawn From Unconscious DUI Suspects Source: NPR NINA TOTENBERG June 29, 2019 In a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Wisconsin law that says motorists have given implied consent to having blood drawn. The Supreme Court has ruled that police may, without a warrant, order blood […]
VA: ‘Don’t drink and kill’: MADD VA launches new victim focused campaign
VA: ‘Don’t drink and kill’: MADD VA launches new victim focused campaign NBC 12 By Karina Bolster June 27, 2019 RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Virginia and the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles launches a new victim focused campaign to stop impaired driving throughout the year. With one week until the 4th […]