Baseball Star's Story a Home Run for Addiction Treatment
As exemplified by MLB Slugger Josh Hamilton, individuals who have drug addictions can become productive citizens, if given the chance. |
Loud Music in Bars Encourages Heavier, Faster Drinking
Shedding further light on the relationship between music and drinking behavior, a study from French researchers has found that loud music played in bars appears to encourage patrons to drink more and faster. |
University Will Welcome New Students with Alcohol Lessons
New students arriving at the University of Virginia this summer have the option to participate in the university's first-ever orientation session devoted specifically to alcohol abuse. |
Adults Provided Free Alcohol to 40 Percent of Underage Drinkers, SAMHSA Report Finds
Adults over the age of 21, including a substantial number of parents and guardians, are contributing to the underage drinking phenomenon by supplying free alcohol to young people. |
Anheuser-Busch Says Sale Will Not Slow Sports Marketing
Executives at Anheuser-Busch say they do not expect the beer maker's aggressive sports marketing and sponsorships to be affected by Belgian company InBev SA's takeover of the brewer. |
British Authorities Credit Health Messages for Drop in Youth Drug Use Rates
Department of Health leaders in England are attributing decreases in drug experimentation rates among the nation's young teenagers to a well-financed campaign on drugs' dangers. |
AA Members Remain Highly Reliant on Coffee, Cigarettes
The coffee pot and the cigarette remain prevalent symbols in the 12-Step recovery moment, although some theorize that use of cigarettes may pose a risk to recovery outcomes for members of Alcoholics Anonymous. |
Youth Urge Nebraskans to Take Action on Alcopops
Two youth-led news conferences are planned to urge the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission to properly classify flavored alcoholic beverages, or alcopops, as distilled spirits according to state statute. |
Long Fight to Regulate Alcopops Faces Key Hearing in Nebraska
A Nebraska youth alcohol-prevention group has been grappling with state lawmakers, regulators and the alcohol industry for years to get alcopops classified as liquor, not beer, and the rollercoaster process will make a key stop on July 31 as the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission will hold a hearing on the classification issue. |
London Officials Ask Retailers Not to Sell Alcohol to Customers Under Age 21
Facing an epidemic of youth binge drinking, the mayor of London and other officials are backing a call for supermarkets and other "off-license" alcohol retailers to refrain from selling beer, wine and liquor to customers under age 21. |
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