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NEWS ABOUT: underage drinking

underage drinking stories: 13 news summaries
BIG BROTHER

Cops Use Facebook to Bust Underage Drinkers

Phony 'friend' gains access to drinking photos

Nov 19, 09 6:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Wisconsin college student Adam Bauer should represent a cautionary tale for Facebook users under 21, or otherwise on the wrong side of the law: be careful what you post, and whom you friend. Shortly after accepting a request from an unfamiliar, “good-looking girl,” Bauer was invited to the... More »

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social networking • law enforcement • Facebook • sexual predator • underage drinking • invasion of privacy • University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

 Conn. Ad Aims 
 to Curb Underage 
 Drinking Early 

Billboard featuring baby, beer bottle draws some attention

Oct 6, 09 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Connecticut health authorities are using a tried-and-true advertising technique to get their point across: use a baby. What’s got people talking, though, is that the baby is in an anti-underage-drinking billboard, and is being given a sip from a beer bottle. The photo of the baby is paired with... More »

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advertising • beer • Connecticut • baby • underage drinking • NBC Local

OPINION

Kids, Learn to Spot Your 'Stupid Drink'

Teetotaling message doesn't work;
just be smarter

Sep 12, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kids everywhere are back at college, where they’ll be admonished not to drink, or at least not to “binge” drink. It’s advice they’re sure to ignore, writes “Joe Sixpack” of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Instead, we should tell them to avoid their “stupid drink,... More »

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binge drinking • college • drinking • underage drinking

(AP) - Anheuser-Busch is dropping its "Fan Cans" promotions from communities around the US where colleges have complained that the effort—which sells cans of Bud Light in school colors—promotes underage drinking and infringes on trademarks. Federal industry regulations require at least 70% of an advertisement's audience to be above... More »

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colleges and universities • Anheuser-Busch • underage drinking • Bud Light • Federal Trade Commission • college football • Anheuser-Busch InBev • Fan Cans

Happy Hour Could Be
Toast in Iowa City

City council mulls ban on after-work rite, other drink specials

Dec 26, 08 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Concerned about underage and binge drinking, Iowa City may ban happy hours at a meeting next month, the AP reports. The city council ordinance would require establishments with alcohol licenses or permits to submit to the city clerk a set schedule of prices that could not change by the day... More »

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Iowa • binge drinking • drinking • Iowa City • underage drinking • happy hour • liquor license

Mom: Britney Had Booze, Sex, Drugs ... All by Age 15

Lynne Spears' new memoir reveals daughter's downward spiral

Sep 4, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears started boozing at 13, lost her virginity at 14, and took drugs at 15, mother Lynne Spears writes in her upcoming memoir, Through the Storm. The Sun reports that in the book due Sept. 16, Lynne expresses regret for letting her daughter become a sex object and believes... More »

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Britney Spears • memoir • drug abuse • Lynne Spears • teen sex • underage drinking • celebrity tell-alls • celebrity parents

Backlash Greets College Chiefs' Move to Lower Drinking Age

Educators, legislators, MADD are all in uproar

Aug 21, 08 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A chorus of criticism has greeted proposals from college chiefs to consider lowering the drinking age to 18, the Washington Post reports, as everyone from health experts, lawmakers, high school principals, and groups like MADD have been quick to slam the idea. The academic leaders say their theory that lowering... More »

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University of Maryland • Duke University • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Johns Hopkins University • universities • colleges and universities • underage drinking • drinking age • MADD

Wii Caught Up
in Beer Pong Brouhaha

Parents' outcry forces video game to change name, sub in water

Aug 1, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The video game version of frat-boy favorite beer pong is getting watered down, Time reports. An outcry from parents concerned about youthful binge-drinking has forced JV Games to change the name of its new Wii release to Pong Toss—and to swap the virtual beer in the game's cups to... More »

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beer • binge drinking • beer pong • underage drinking • video games • Wii

OPINION

 A Dad Debates Introducing Wine 

Times oenologist, eying responsible drinking, leans toward giving sons a taste

Mar 28, 08 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Will letting your kids sip wine decrease chances of binges later, Eric Asimov wonders in the New York Times. “I can’t help hoping that my sons might share my taste in ball teams and politics. Why should wine be any different?” writes Asimov, who imagined raising his children... More »

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parenting • alcoholism • wine • underage drinking

Beer Family Scion Busted
for Underage Drinking

What's worse,
it was Natty Light

Mar 27, 08 7:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 17-year-old member of the Anheuser-Busch beer family was busted yesterday and charged with underage drinking, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Hardly shocking, perhaps, except for what Adolphus August Busch V was drinking: Natural Light. Though the frat house favorite is one of the company's products, it's surely a far... More »

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beer • Anheuser-Busch • underage drinking • Adolphus August Busch V • Natural Light

Feds Map Drug and Mental Problems by State

Vermonters smoke a lot of pot, Utah adults suffer high rate of mental ills

Mar 6, 08 8:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Vermonters smoke the most pot and Utah has the lowest drinking and marijuana rates among young people in the nation—but the highest rates of adults reporting mental health problems. Those are some of the nuggets uncovered in a fascinating new report by government researchers who made a state-by-state examination... More »

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cocaine • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • mental illness • marijuana • substance abuse • drug abuse • survey • underage drinking

Marketing of Energy Drinks Under Scrutiny

Authorities wondering if beer makers are targeting kids with caffeinated booze

Feb 21, 08 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Big beer companies are facing state-led investigations into whether they're marketing caffeinated alcohol products to underage drinkers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Anheuser-Busch and Miller Brewing both make such beverages, but insist that "We responsibly market our products to legal drinking-age consumers," a Miller spokesman tells the Journal. More »

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alcohol • caffeine • drinking • energy drink • Andrew Cuomo • Miller Brewing • Tilt • Bud Extra • Sparks • Anheuser-Busch • underage drinking

Lohan Bender Spurs Underage Drinking Probe

ABC wants to close the club down for 15 days to make the point

May 31, 07 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan's recent DUI arrest has prompted talk about cracking down on underage boozing in Hollywood.The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is preparing to investigate the Mean Girls starlet's case—the ABC has to wait for police to release evidence that the 20-year-old did, indeed, test positive for alcohol. More »

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California • Hollywood • alcohol • Lindsay Lohan • DUI • Johnny Grant • drunk driving • celebrity • underage drinking

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