An estimated 15 million people in the United States have alcohol use disorder (AUD). And each year, an estimated 88,000 people die from alcohol-related causes—a figure 40 percent higher than people who die from opioid overdose.
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Communications, Inc. (HCI) is pleased to announce the release of eTIPS University, an online training and certification program specifically for college and university students.
The teen vaping epidemic is increasing while the use of alcohol, marijuana and other drugs among adolescents is declining or holding steady, according to new federal statistics published Monday.
HYATTSVILLE, Maryland - Nate Groenendyk and Jeff Harner, two brothers-in-law, are set to open Sangfroid Distilling this month — the first distillery to open in Prince George’s County since the end of Prohibition 85 years ago, and the first-ever distillery in Hyattsville.
Since California’s decision to allow for legal medicinal marijuana in 1996, a number of American states have followed its lead and taken a decidedly different tack in their approach to the market for cannabis.
SOUTH CAROLINA - Three eighth graders from Winterville Charter Academy are questioning the city of Greenville’s proposal to allow the sale of liquor and unfortified wine during special events on the Town Common.
Many Americans over 30 may remember high school as a period of drunken debauchery. It’s not really like that anymore. According to 2018 survey data released today (Dec. 17) by the National Institute of Health (NIH), only 13.8% of 12th graders reported binge drinking within the past two weeks.
An extra 1.1 million people are planning to give up drinking at the start of 2019 as part of Dry January, as charity Alcohol Change UK releases a book to help those considering abstaining next month.
It’s time to raise the alcohol tax. Yeah, yeah, this isn’t going to win me many friends at parties. But there’s a strong case this is something America should do.
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) announced that ABC agents investigated 70 Type 75 Brew Pub Restaurants and discovered nearly 50 were not in compliance with their licenses, by either not brewing beer at all, not brewing quantities for service consumers expect of a legitimate brew pub, or were otherwise not functioning as a brew pub.