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At Aussie Auto Race, Fans Allowed Just 24 Beers a Day

Limit jumps to 36 light brews for 4-day Bathurst 1,000

Oct 7, 09 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans headed to a four-day event that’s a highlight of the Australian auto-racing calendar will only be allowed one case of beer per day—or 36 cans if it’s light beer. “Wine lovers have not escaped the heavy hand of the law either,” the Guardian notes... More »

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Australia • alcohol • wine • beer • binge drinking • auto racing • light beer • Bathurst 1,000

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

A Quarter of Middle-Aged
Men Binge Drink

Excessive alcohol consumption isn't just for college kids

Aug 17, 09 5:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Binge drinking is generally thought to be a college-age phenomenon, but middle-aged people—especially men—live it up as well, the New York Daily News reports. A new study in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that 23% of men and 9% of women between 50 and 64 years old... More »

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baby boomer • alcohol • binge drinking • college • middle age • American Journal of Psychiatry

(Newser) - A psychiatrist who was part of a presidential committee that recommended raising the US drinking age to 21 now calls those efforts “the single most regrettable decision,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Morris Chafetz, in an opinion piece being shopped for publication, says seeing the “collateral, off-road... More »

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alcohol • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Ronald Reagan • drinking age • date rape • Morris Chafetz

(Newser) - Getting wasted is all part of the job for many Chinese bureaucrats, and it's becoming such a serious problem that it has led to illness and death, reports Reuters. Government officials are required to offer large amounts of alcohol at public functions and drink frequent toasts to honor guests. "... More »

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China • alcoholism • Beijing • binge drinking • drinking • Chinese • bureaucrats

(Newser) - It's time to stop treating underage drinking like a joke—5,000 deaths and 100,000 sexual assaults a year should make that clear—and give states the freedom to get creative with their laws, writes John McCardell in the Atlantic. The federal age-21 restriction only pushes the drinking underground... More »

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parenting • alcohol • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • drunk driving • teenage drivers • teenager • drinking age

 UK Women More Prone to 
 Boozing, Brawling 

Drinking fines skyrocket among women

Jun 15, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a sign of a growing “binge-drinking ladette culture,” fines for being drunk and disorderly have soared 30% over two years among British women, the Daily Telegraph reports—faster than among men. Fines to underage girls have risen by half, and a report says a quarter of violent... More »

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alcohol • women • binge drinking • girls • Britain • ladette culture

Feminist Camps Brawl Over Sex and Booze

Double X scribe says untamed 'lifestyle' feminism hurts cause

May 17, 09 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's second-wave feminism vs. the "Slut Machine." A writer on Slate's women-oriented Double X site recently blasted bloggers on Jezebel for shrugging off date rape and boasting about boozing. Self-indulgence furthers no political goal, cried feminist Linda Hirshman. Retorted Jezebel: "I have seen misogyny and, most... More »

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feminism • women • binge drinking • Gawker Media • Jezebel • Double X • date rape • promiscuity

 UK Weighs Limits 
 on 'Binge Bars' 

Brown calls time on drink promotions in effort to reduce rowdiness

May 13, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - British pubs that offer "all you can drink" promotions may soon find themselves banned from serving alcohol under tough new measures to curb binge drinking, the Independent reports. Gordon Brown declined to introduce a minimum drink price as some activists had called for, but the PM promised that the... More »

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alcohol • Gordon Brown • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Britain • bars

 Binge Drinking Could Fuel 
 Dementia 'Epidemic' 

Up to a quarter of UK dementia cases may be booze-linked

May 10, 09 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no secret that drinking kills brain cells—but doctors in Britain now fear an “epidemic” of brain damage from binge drinking, the Guardian reports. Up to a quarter of dementia cases in the UK may be brought on by heavy drinking, they say, noting that some people... More »

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dementia • alcohol • binge drinking • epidemic • drinking

Brown Kills UK
Plan to Double Alcohol Prices

Britain's top doc called
for raising costs to combat binge drinking

Mar 16, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown today rejected controversial proposals from Britain’s top medical officer to establish minimum prices for alcohol, the Guardian reports. The PM said he would protect the “sensible majority of moderate drinkers” after a report advised doubling prices to combat binge drinking. In Scotland, however, the regional government... More »

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alcohol • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • drinking

Brits' Drinking Solution: Double Booze Prices

Top doc says price
hike will curb rising alcoholism

Mar 15, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's top medical officer wants to curb binge drinking by hitting Britons in the wallet, the Telegraph reports. Sir Liam Donaldson will tomorrow recommend a government-imposed price hike of 50 pence—about 70 cents—per unit of alcohol. The move would also double the price of many supermarket beers. "... More »

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alcohol • alcoholism • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • drinking • doctor • Britain • price control

1 of 4 UK Liver Transplants Go to Alcoholics

Situation sparks fury among families of victims who died waiting for transplant

Feb 15, 09 9:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Nearly one quarter of those receiving liver transplants in the UK are heavy drinkers, prompting a fiery debate over the allocation of organs to alcoholics, the Guardian reports. In the past decade, as waiting lists have lengthened, transplants for heavy drinkers have spiked 60%—a trend the mother of one... More »

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alcohol • United Kingdom • binge drinking • organ donation • liver transplants

Amy Almost
Died Twice: Dad

Documentary 'Saving Amy' details troubled singer's demons

Jan 21, 09 4:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse has teetered on the edge of death twice, her pop reveals in a new documentary about his talented, troubled daughter. The media "doesn't see her lying in bed for days in the dark," he says. "She was close to death twice. We have been... More »

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drugs • binge drinking • Amy Winehouse • singer • Blake Fielder Civil

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

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

College Presidents Push
to Lower Drinking Age

Drinking at 18 will reduce binging at school, they argue

Aug 19, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Presidents of 100 prominent colleges are behind an effort to have the drinking age lowered, from 21 to 18, claiming that earlier experience of drinking younger will reduce students' binge drinking in college. Presidents of Duke, Dartmouth, Ohio State, Syracuse, Tufts and Colgate are among the campaign's supporters, AP... More »

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Duke University • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Ohio State University • Dartmouth College • college student • Colgate University • drinking age • acoholism • Syracuse • Middlebury College

 The Hardest-Drinking US Cities

CDC figures dub Austin nation's drinking capital

Aug 11, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Famous for its arts festivals and home to a large college population, Austin, Texas, takes top honors as America’s hardest-drinking city, reports Forbes in its distillation of behavioral data from the CDC. Here are the top 5:
  1. Austin—1 in 5 admit to binge drinking, and 9% of
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San Francisco • Chicago • alcohol • Milwaukee • beer • binge drinking • Austin • Providence, RI

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

 Guidelines for Solo Boozing 

Start early, go with whiskey—and jukebox is OK as long as it's not Cat Stevens

May 30, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Being a lone drinker in a place as socially teeming as your local watering hole is a tough business. The trick is to treat the activity as a sacred art form, not as the last refuge of the social pariah, says Esquire. Its rules:
  • Start early.
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beer • binge drinking • bars • whiskey

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