Lawmakers on Maine’s Taxation Committee on Thursday, April 11 held public hearings on two bills that would increase so-called sin taxes in Maine to curb tobacco and alcohol use among our citizens.
Parents are the main source of alcohol for high school students, ignoring repeated health warnings about the harmful effects of drinking on children.
While brewers and grocers reap the benefits of new liquor laws, hundreds of small businesses across the state are experiencing a sobering reality.
Small craft distilleries and breweries will be able to sell more of their product directly to consumers later this year.
The Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988 (ABLA) requires a government health warning statement to appear on all containers of alcoholic beverages sold or distributed in the United States.
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released today an interactive online dashboard, “Alcohol & the Public’s Health in North Carolina,” which provides alcohol-related information on all 100 counties.
I’m a pediatrician, and when I see adolescents in my clinic, I ask them if they are drinking alcohol (among other risky activities). Then I counsel them if they answer in the affirmative. I want young people to be safe.
A huge study performed by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale School of Medicine in the United States has identified the genetic variants linked to excessive alcohol consumption and dependency.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Northern New Mexico is known for tourist attractions such as artsy Santa Fe, eclectic Taos and the healing dirt of El Santuario de Chimayó.
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