If you think that sharing a peg with your teenaged son or daughter may teach them how to deal with alcohol responsibly and protect them from engaging in heavy drinking, you may be wrong. Instead, the practice may lead them to addiction, researchers have warned.
How will climate change impact food production? There will likely be many disruptions as once fertile areas become too hot and others that were once too cold to farm become arable. But one crop in particular is likely to have problems without mitigation efforts: wine. Savor that glass of rosé, for as the climate changes wine grapes will be among the first to suffer.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Many football fans will watch the Super Bowl at parties where there will be plenty of food and alcohol. But when it comes time to head home, could an “at home” field sobriety test help you to decide what’s best?
On Jan. 23, the Alaska Alcohol Beverage Control Board voted 3-1 to approve new regulations prohibiting distilleries from serving and mixing cocktails. These new rules would require distilleries to serve the alcohol separately from the non-alcoholic ingredients, such as orange juice or cream. It would be up to the customer to mix it.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers could allow visitors to buy alcohol directly from distilleries, after agreeing to let visitors buy beer at breweries last year. The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday approved House Bill 995, sending it to the full House for more debate.
In the future, your car might not start if you’ve had too much to drink. Would that development give too much power to a machine, or justify itself by saving lives? The day for that policy decision may arrive sooner than you think.
SALT LAKE CITY — If you drink alcohol in Utah, Anna Buckner is tracking you and will be for the next four years.
SALT LAKE CITY — Research shows that parents are the No. 1 influence in keeping their kids away from alcohol, which is why public health professionals in Utah are reeling after hearing that funding for their nationally recognized educational campaign, "Parents Empowered," is potentially on the chopping block.
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Oregon Liquor Control Commission approved a temporary rule Thursday increasing the penalties for marijuana retail licensees that sell marijuana to minors. The rule includes a provision to revoke an individual’s marijuana worker permit if the permittee intentionally sells marijuana to a minor.
GALLUP — A northwestern New Mexico county has passed a resolution that will ban liquor sales before 10 a.m.
The Gallup Independent reported the McKinley County Board of Commissioners passed the early liquor sales restriction in a 2-1 vote Tuesday.