AL: Alabama Poised To Lower Minimum Age For Alcohol Servers In Restaurants
AL: Alabama Poised To Lower Minimum Age For Alcohol Servers In Restaurants If signed into law, the bill would lower the minimum age of alcohol servers in restaurants from 19 to 18. Patch By Ryan Phillips, Patch Staff April 7, 2022 TUSCALOOSA, AL –A bill is headed to the desk of Gov. Kay Ivey that, […]
AZ: DUI crashes becoming more challenging to investigate, prosecute
AZ: DUI crashes becoming more challenging to investigate, prosecute Alcohol crashes down, marijuana crashes up, officers say ABC 15 By Venton Blandin March 23, 2022 SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Law enforcement agencies throughout the Valley are noticing a shift in the number of DUI crashes. Those involving alcohol, police say, are down for the most part […]
Wi: Wisconsin’s drinking problem: State board releases 61 recommendations to lower excessive alcoholism
Wi: Wisconsin’s drinking problem: State board releases 61 recommendations to lower excessive alcoholism When a Rock County woman drank herself to death in 2014, her mom threw herself into advocacy in a state where excessive drinking ranks higher than anywhere else in the country. Channel 3000 By Naomi Kowles March 29, 2022 ROCK COUNTY, Wis. […]
FL: Panama City mayor proposes change in alcohol sales hours
FL: Panama City mayor proposes change in alcohol sales hours WJHG By Katie Bente March 29, 2022 PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – Red and blue lights were flashing at every turn in Panama City Beach over the weekend. Now, that chaos has pushed city leaders across the bridge to take action. “This past weekend was […]
CA: April is Alcohol Awareness Month
CA: April is Alcohol Awareness Month East County Today written by ECT April 3, 2022 Sacramento — The number of deaths in the United States (U.S.) involving alcohol jumped 25.5 percent between 2019 and 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published Friday, March 18 in the Journal of the American […]
United Kingdom: Ankle tags to monitor alcohol intake of violent offenders will be stepped up as figures show the scheme helps 97% of crooks released on probation stay booze-free
United Kingdom: Ankle tags to monitor alcohol intake of violent offenders will be stepped up as figures show the scheme helps 97% of crooks released on probation stay booze-free Electronic ‘sobriety tags’ are put on offenders to detect alcohol in perspiration They trigger a remote alarm if offenders drink in breach of probation conditions A […]
Get Involved in Alcohol Awareness Month
Get Involved in Alcohol Awareness Month CADCA April 1, 2022 While national figures show a downward trend in the number of young people who use alcohol, alcohol remains the number one drug of choice for America’s youth, and is more likely to kill young people than all illegal drugs combined. That’s why it’s important to […]
Alcohol Awareness Toolkit: #ProofIsInTheNumbers
Alcohol Awareness Toolkit: #ProofIsInTheNumbers Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network April 1, 2022 Welcome! April is National Alcohol Awareness Month. To raise awareness about alcohol-related harms and the importance of alcohol policy safeguards, we have launched the Alcohol Awareness Toolkit: #ProofIsInTheNumbers. The Alcohol Awareness Toolkit seeks to do the following during the month of April: Raise […]
Is a Drink Really Just a Drink?
Is a Drink Really Just a Drink? Here’s a deeper dive into various types of alcohol and how to tell how much you’re really drinking. U.S. News By Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN March 31, 2022, at 7:00 a.m. This article is based on reporting that features expert sources. When you look at the guidelines for […]
Drunk Driving Death Suit Claims Blocked By Ariz. State Law
Drunk Driving Death Suit Claims Blocked By Ariz. State Law Source: https://www.law360.com/ By Mike Curley March 29, 2022 An Arizona appeals court on Tuesday threw out an $800,000 verdict against a strip club accused of overserving a patron who later killed two people in a car accident, saying the state’s so-called dram shop liability law […]