RALEIGH — The North Carolina legislature is weighing anew whether changing how liquor sales have been regulated for decades is worth boosting the number of retail outlets selling spirits with what critics call the risks of increased alcohol consumption.
Apparently, Utah has the lowest alcohol consumption per capita in the country, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
While mezcal remains tiny compared to its better-known cousin, Tequila, its consumption has risen dramatically over the past five years, with 288,000 cases depleted in the U.S.
HELENA – The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) hosted a unique educational event called a “wet lab’ at the capitol on Monday.
Some liquor license-holders in Kootenai County and throughout the state are lining up, along with Sheriff Ben Wolfinger, to oppose a comprehensive liquor license reform bill proposed by Sen. Jim Rice, R-Caldwell.
The Idaho Statesman reports that the Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday voted to hold onto the bill rather than send it to the full Senate.
The committee wants the bill’s sponsor, Republican Jim Rice of Caldwell, to work with various interested partied on a compromise bill.For the past several years, as the movement to legalize marijuana spread across the country, Mark Gorman heard a familiar refrain emerging from advocates who are supporting measures to approve medical or recreational cannabis use.
(HealthDay News) -- Binge and heavy drinking may trigger DNA changes that make your booze cravings worse, a new study says.
Americans love to tip — as in we tend to tip more people more money than other cultures: Tip the waiter, tip the hairdresser, tip the taxi driver, tip the doorman… It goes on and on.
The Brewers of Pennsylvania, a state lobbying group, has tapped a 16-year veteran of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as its new deputy director.