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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

 Execs Aim to Tame Rowdy 
 SF Race 

Organizers move to make revelers straighten up in Party Town, USA

Mar 7, 09 6:25 PM CST
(Newser) - San Francisco, the “City That Knows How,” is notoriously adept at throwing hedonistic events—but it also knows how to fight to keep them, the Los Angeles Times reports. Protesters are fuming at the organizers of the annual Bay to Breakers footrace, who want to ban nudity and... More »

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California • San Francisco • alcohol • protesters • public nudity

Campus Tries
to Keep Booze Out of Class

St. Patty's crackdown turns profs into bouncers at Illinois

Mar 5, 09 1:32 PM CST
(Newser) - University of Illinois officials will search students’ backpacks and confiscate containers they suspect might contain alcohol during tomorrow’s “Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day,” the Chicago Tribune reports. Students typically pack campus bars for green beer as early as 8am, and some take drinks to class. “It... More »

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alcohol • University of Illinois • drinking • Illinois • college student • St. Patrick's Day

 Alcoholism Plagues 
 UK Orchestras 

Musicians drink to deal with performance anxiety

Feb 28, 09 4:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Alcoholism is sounding a sour note in the great orchestras of Britain, the Guardian reports. Though little research has been conducted on the issue—which remains taboo in many corners—there have been some “regrettable incidents,” recalled one official with the Musicians’ Union. One drunk percussionist fell off... More »

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alcohol • musician • anxiety • Britain

 Alcohol Linked to Women's Cancer

Massive study finds even moderate
drinking raises risk

Feb 25, 09 1:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Drinking alcohol, even in moderation, has been linked to an increased risk of cancer for women, reports the Washington Post. Consuming an average of just one drink a day of any kind of alcohol was found to result in a higher risk of breast, liver and rectal cancer. The study... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • women's health • alcohol • drinking

On the 7th Day, States Look to Down Blue Laws

Economy tanked, some seek shot of revenue in Sunday booze sales

Feb 22, 09 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Recession blues could swallow blue laws, Time reports. State legislatures in Georgia, Connecticut, Texas, Alabama, and Minnesota hope lifting a ban on Sunday alcohol sales will boost revenues. But Christian activists oppose the move, saying cash-strapped families are already feeling pressure. “I don't think we need to add even... More »

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Texas • alcohol • Georgia • Connecticut • Alabama • Minnesota • liquor • Blue laws

(Newser) - A few drinks apparently inspired a British soldier to go joyriding and crash two tanks today, the Guardian reports. The unnamed Desert Rat, stationed at the Bergen-Hohne army base in Germany, hopped in an armored vehicle and promptly drove it off the road. Undaunted, he walked back and commandeered another... More »

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alcohol • Germany • British military • tanks

 Thais Woo Tourists 
 With New Cocktail 

Authorities hope concoction will cure hangover from airport protests

Feb 20, 09 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Thailand's tourism authority is hoping the Siam Sunray will wash away the lingering aftertaste of airport anarchy, the Guardian reports. The newly invented cocktail—made with vodka and traditional Thai ingredients like Kaffir lime and lemongrass—was unveiled yesterday as part of a campaign to bolster a tourism industry battered... More »

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alcohol • Thailand • tourism • drink • cocktails

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

SUPER BOWL

Super Bowl Party? Try
These Booze Bargains

Esquire finds brown-bagging it has its rewards

Feb 1, 09 5:16 AM CST
(Newser) - With Super Bowl looming, cheap booze is probably on your radar. It's not too late to check out these bargains recommended by Esquire:
  • Paul Masson Grande Amber VSOP brandy: This $13 bottle “goes down far more smoothly than anything from France in this price range could even
... More »

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NFL • alcohol • Super Bowl • football • rum • brandy • whisky • financial crisis • Super Bowl XLIII • Super bowl parties • gin • bourbon

(Newser) - Scientists have genetically engineered the E. coli bacteria to produce a carbon-rich alcohol molecule equivalent in energy to gasoline, Popular Mechanics reports. The “long-chain” alcohol does not occur in nature, but with six to eight atoms of carbon, it is far more efficient than ethanol, which has only... More »

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E. coli • alcohol • biofuel • biodiesel • carbon • UCLA • scientific research • jet fuel • gasoline

Happy Hour Hammers Bars in Tough Times

Restaurants sober up as patrons drink earlier to save money

Jan 10, 09 4:29 PM CST
(Newser) - There’s a recession on, and that’s forcing drinkers everywhere to change their schedules. These days bars are filling up in the late afternoon, the Los Angeles Times reports, as patrons pinch pennies by slurping happy hour specials. “We don’t see a change in what people... More »

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alcohol • recession • bars • economy • happy hour

How Much Should Your Kindergartner Be Swilling? 

UK debates boozing guides for 5-year-olds

Dec 30, 08 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - While most countries worry about the nutrition and development of their kids, the British government wants to make sure its wee ones aren't falling down drunk, the Independent reports. Officials in Britain, where it’s legal to drink at home from age 5, are debating whether to issue guidelines on... More »

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alcohol • children • alcohol abuse • Britain • alcohol consumption

 Budget Bubbles for New Year's 

Quality rivals mean champagne prices shouldn't take the bubbles out of festive drinking

Dec 27, 08 1:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Champagne may feel like a vestige of a world without a credit crisis, but there's no need to go without bubbly on New Year's Eve. Slate offers some moderately priced options:
  • Cava is Spain's answer to champagne, made by the same method. A thrifty seeker of festive spirits can
... More »

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alcohol • wine • champagne • wineries • New Year's Eve • sparkling wine

Brazil Finds Drunk-Driving Law Tough to Swallow

Home of carnival balks at cultural shift; corruption, lack of funds also hinder effort

Dec 23, 08 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Brazilians have mixed feelings about recently adopted drunken-driving laws that threaten to undermine their carnival lifestyle. The 0.02% alcohol limit—much stricter than America’s 0.08%—aims to curb the 35,000 deaths that occur on Brazil’s roads annually. But with just 900 breathalyzers for a nation... More »

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alcohol • law enforcement • car accident • Brazil • drunk driving • South America

 In Time for Holidays, 
 an iPod Breathalyzer 

iBreath taps into growing industry around excessive boozing

Dec 19, 08 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - A new accessory for the iPod aims to cut down on drunk driving, the Los Angeles Times reports. No, not an app that lists lawyers, or one that calls a cab—a breathalyzer. The iBreath plugs into the iPod and, in 5 seconds, gives a blood-alcohol reading. The creator said... More »

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alcohol • iPhone • Apple • iPod • drunk driving • Mothers Against Drunk Driving • breathalyzer • legal limit

 Beer Giant Kills 
 Caffeine, Alcohol Combo 

MillerCoors takes boost out of energy beer

Dec 19, 08 6:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Beer giant MillerCoors has agreed to snuff out its controversial Sparks line of high-alcohol, high-caffeine drinks. Attorneys general in 25 states complained the stimulant dangerously masks intoxication and accused the company of marketing the beverages to teenagers, the Chicago Tribune reports. Anheuser-Busch has already agreed to remove caffeine from Tilt... More »

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alcohol • caffeine • MillerCoors • Tilt • Bud Extra • Sparks • Anheuser-Busch

OPINION

 Getting Drunk 
 Stumbles 
 Out of Style 

In New York, fashion may "trump addiction"

Dec 16, 08 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Once upon a time, a New York party showcased plenty of drunken antics; now, in the city that produced Zelda Fitzgerald, people just don't get sloshed anymore because it’s not stylish, Susan Cheever posits in the New York Times. “If alcoholism is an addiction—which it is—how... More »

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New York City • alcohol • alcohol abuse • parties • drunk

GLOSSIES

Women Drink Men Under Table 

Alcohol consumption by the once-mostly teetotaling crowd is closing gender gap

Dec 8, 08 12:04 PM CST
(Newser) - More women are bellying up to the bar, and those who consume alcohol are consuming more than ever before, Alex Morris writes in New York. As men cut back, women are picking up the slack. The numbers of women drinking and those whose call themselves “moderate-to-heavy drinkers” have risen... More »

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alcohol • women • drinking • gender gap • drinkers

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