Alcohol

Tribe Sues Beer Sellers

A lawsuit filed last month seeks damages from several beer manufacturers in what is alleged to be negligent sales of alcoholic beverages, mainly beer, to native Americans. The suit claims that distributers for Anheuser-Busch, Miller, Molson Coors and Pabst knowingly provided beer to licensed sellers in Nebraska, where they were then sold to, and smuggled ….

Alcohol Poisoning In Young Children

A couple stories in the news bring up something parents should be aware of. The first is out of Texas, where one-year-old Demarion Crow was brought to the hospital with a blood alcohol greater than 0.2 according to reports. That level of alcohol can be fatal in a child. They don’t process alcohol as efficiently as ….

Alcopops In The News

If the term is unfamiliar, you haven’t been keeping up with the controversy. An “alcopop” is an alcoholic beverage that is sweetened to alter its character and make it more appealing to younger drinkers. There are several types, including wine coolers and mixed drinks, but all have an alcohol content similar to beer. The controversy ….

Hand Sanitizers And Alcohol Abuse

In what will hopefully turn out to be a non-trendy trend, news reports of teens extracting alcohol from hand sanitizers have jumped. MSNBC has reported it and other online news sources have picked up on the story. In a nutshell, hand sanitizers like Purell have a single active ingredient – ethanol. At 62% alcohol, the ….

California Liquor Law Bill Sparks Controversy

In California, current law sets alcohol sales into a three tier format. Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers are all separate licensed entities. They are currently prohibited from interacting to allow promotions. That means that a manufacturer cannot offer a rebate to retailers and contests on beer products directed at consumers are prohibited. That would change if ….

Alzheimer’s And Alcohol

Alcohol, like many substances, is toxic above a certain level of intake. And while acute alcohol poisoning sends many to the hospital (or morgue) every year, at lower doses the effects aren’t quite as dramatic. We know, over time, alcohol abuse syndromes lead to cognitive impairment, and this isn’t surprising considering that alcohol is neurotoxic ….

Smuggling Booze

In what might seem like a throwback to the Prohibition era, we have one state upset with another over liquor smuggling. Others point out it’s just simple economics and the principle of arbitrage – you purchase at a price favorable in one context and sell (without adding value) in another context at a higher price. ….

How Would You Vote?

Imagine you are on a jury tasked with deciding fault in a wrongful death lawsuit. There has been a plane crash, and the grieving common-law widow is suing the airline company and the estate of the pilot for compensation. Her husband, along with three others, has been killed. The small plane only carries four, including ….

Are You 21? We Want Your Eyes

In the United States, we don’t advertise alcohol and tobacco products to minors. The idea, shown to be true in several studies, is that you can delay or reduce the adoption of these behaviors if you keep ads away from young, impressionable minds – and especially when the products aren’t legal for kids to buy ….

Study Links Binge Drinking To Dementia Risk

A study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Vancouver showed that binge drinking in the elderly, even as little as once a month, led to significant increased risk of dementia. The study group was more than five thousand seniors, aged 65 and older. And the focus was on whether binge drinking behaviors would ….

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