The liquor industry is finally ready for some football. Whiskey, vodka, rum and other spirits will be allowed to advertise in NFL games this season for the first time according to new league rules that give liquor a boost in its long quest to be seen as socially acceptable as beer.
On this day in 1851, the state of Maine passed a law banning the sale of alcohol.
Summer ? the season of binge-drinking ? is upon us. And who is likely to be knocking back more than a few? Older women, according to a study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Bellevue's junior state senator is the toast of Nebraska's craft breweries after successfully amending a bill that would have significantly increased their operating costs.
LEOMINSTER — The complex jumble of state laws governing alcohol sales and distribution is poised for a shakeup. Testimony given at a Thursday public hearing suggests a long road ahead for regulators whose new statutes must negotiate the needs of alcohol makers, sippers and shippers.
One month has passed since the last beer was sold in Whiteclay. In that time, it has seen plenty of changes.
"Nearly 32 million adults in the United States (13 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 and older) consumed more than twice the number of drinks considered binge drinking (four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men) on at least one occasion," according to a recently released 2013 survey conducted by the NIAAA.
Utah is facing backlash after passing one of the strictest drunk driving laws in the country. The legislation lowers the legal blood alcohol limit to 0.05 from 0.08, the lowest threshold in the United States.
The Wisconsin Tavern League, along with two other lobby groups want to narrow how the state regulates companies that manufacture, distribute and sell alcoholic beverages and create a new government office with broad discretion to regulate the industry.
These old ads provide a window into a world where the message is the same: alcohol can positively transform you and your universe from the inside out.