PENNSYLVANIA - The first time Bob Lamb thought of alcohol as an escape, he was standing in a hospital emergency room.
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a statute allowing the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to collect a fee when a person is convicted of certain drug and alcohol offenses does not deprive defendants of the right to a fair and impartial trial under both the Tennessee and U.S. constitutions.
By use of methodological enhancements of previous iterations, the systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016, is the most comprehensive estimate of the global burden of alcohol use to date.
KANSAS CITY, Kansas - With consumers continuing to crave more convenience, the Kansas City Council is considering enabling a new delivery service — alcohol to your door, KCUR reports.
California is poised to become the first state to restrict the distribution of plastic straws at restaurants under a bill approved Thursday by lawmakers, capturing the attention of environmentalists nationwide who hope the idea, like many with origins in the Golden State, will spread across the nation.
CATASTROPHE SWEPT OVER THE SMALL city of Pripyat, in Northern Ukraine, in April of 1986. At the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a botched safety test resulted in an earth-shaking steam explosion at Reactor 4—the facility, with its bio-hazardous contents, was violently cracked open.
Global breweries are reinventing themselves to cater to local beer demand from Africa, in light of predictions that the continent could account for 40% of global volume within the next 10 years.
Bottom Line: Compared with non-drinkers, men who consumed at least seven drinks per week during adolescence (ages 15-19) had three times the odds of being diagnosed with clinically significant prostate cancer.
WASHINGTON — The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, which runs retail sales of hard liquor in the Commonwealth, says ABC stores posted their 20th consecutive record-breaking year for sales in fiscal 2018.
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates president and CEO Ted Baseler will retire October 1 after a 17-year tenure leading the Washington-based wine giant. Baseler will be succeeded by Jim Mortensen, a veteran of Philip Morris International.