To identify the states profiting the most from sin, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed state tobacco taxes, alcohol taxes, casino taxes, as well as proceeds from state-controlled liquor stores and state lotteries.
On April 19, the Union-Bulletin published an article telling about a woman’s battle for safe roads. Because of my own longtime concern about this issue I felt the need to provide more information to U-B readers.
The news this month has been filled with news reports of the tragic deaths of 11 Americans while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Much of the media attention on these deaths have centered on the possible consumption of poisonous/tainted alcohol by the victims.
In February 2019, Bud Light became the first American beer to voluntarily include obvious labels listing its ingredients as well as calories, fat, carbohydrates and protein per serving.
NEW YORK, June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Center on Addiction, a national nonprofit committed to transforming how the nation addresses addiction, released a report today that provides insights into teens' attitudes about drugs, alcohol and nicotine.
At its core, Facebook is a giant repository of information about the people who use it, from their age and phone number, to their music preferences, to their shopping habits, and everything else they’ve added to the platform over the years.
PORTLAND — Over the past five years, nearly 3,500 people have been killed in crashes involving teen drivers during the 100 Deadliest Days, the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day, when the number of crash fatalities involving a teen driver historically rises.
During Apartheid, blacks were no longer citizens of South Africa. They became citizens of independent "homelands". Blacks became (foreign) "guest laborers" who merely worked in South Africa as the holders of temporary work permits with no voting rights.
The first time an Israeli bartender asked me whether I wanted a shot I hadn’t ordered, I figured he was taking me for an easily duped tourist. He wouldn’t be wrong; I’m not immune to scams, and it was my first night out in Tel Aviv.
These days, it seems like the only way to sell beer is to make each brew a once in a lifetime experience drinkers will want to line up down the block for. Beer lovers have become so enamored with the idea of hunting “whales” that we’ve basically seen a “whale-ization” of the industry.