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New Pill Could Help Alcoholics Have Just One Drink
New Pill Could Help
Alcoholics Have Just One Drink
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Dec 26, 2010 1:45 PM CST

New Pill Could Help Alcoholics Have Just One Drink

Nalmefene is aimed at easing, not stopping, consumption

(Newser) - Common wisdom holds that in order to recover, alcoholics must completely abstain from liquor—but thanks to a new pill, that may soon no longer be the case. Nalmefene, developed by Denmark’s H. Lundbeck A/S, blocks the signals in the brain that make drinking feel good, Bloomberg reports. Its...

Is John Boehner Crying Because He's Drunk?
Is John Boehner Crying Because He's Drunk?
Speculation Dept.
Dec 16, 2010 10:03 AM CST

Is John Boehner Crying Because He's Drunk?

Speaker-elect's alleged drinking problem the hot rumor on the Hill

(Newser) - John Boehner’s latest public crying episode has gotten Capitol Hill talking, and some are speculating that there’s a simple explanation for the waterworks: He’s drunk. “For years, political professionals have quietly discussed Boehner’s drinking,” writes Matt Lewis of Politics Daily . “Some have told...

Four Loko Numbers Add Up to Trouble

Controversial drinks has a potent punch

(Newser) - The Huffington Post weighs in on the controversy over Four Loko with a breakdown of numbers related to the caffeinated drink nicknamed "blackout in a can."
  • 2: Number of college campuses that have banned it.
  • 4: Number of cans of light beer with the equivalent alcohol in one
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'Drunken' Gene Found
 'Drunken' Gene Found 
Oct 20, 2010 3:53 AM CDT

'Drunken' Gene Found

Gene variation causes people to get drunk faster, may stave off alcoholism

(Newser) - A "drunken" gene—or, some might say, a "lightweight" gene—has been discovered by researchers probing the causes of alcoholism. Some 20% of people have a version of the gene CYP2E1 that causes them to get drunk much faster than others. The researchers say these people are less...

Convicted of DWI, CEO Runs Company From Jail

Sixty-day sentence makes him first of publicly traded firm

(Newser) - First he drank. Then he drove. Then he was thrown in jail. Finally, Louis Lower, the 65-year-old CEO of Horace Mann Educators Corp., a publicly traded insurance company, decided to tell his board of directors that he would be unavailable for 60 days while he served his sentence in a...

Man Gets 2 DUIs in 1 Night
 Man Gets 2 DUIs in 1 Night 
Sep 10, 2010 5:10 PM CDT

Man Gets 2 DUIs in 1 Night

He got out of jail, then got stopped again

(Newser) - A 67-year-old Wyoming man managed to get two DUIs in one night, the Casper Star-Tribune reports. Albert Metz Jr. posted his bond and was released about 2 hours after the first arrest—the county has always allowed it—then got pulled over again for blowing a stop sign about 25...

Moscow Bans Booze Sales After 10pm

No more midnight vodka runs after Sept. 1

(Newser) - It’s only 10pm, and you’re all out of vodka: No problem! Except in Moscow. Starting Sept. 1, stores in the Russian capital will not be allowed to sell any beverages with more than 15% alcohol between 10pm and 10am, the Telegraph reports. (You can still, however, buy beer...

Driver Gets DWI After 11-Mile Ride Sans Tire

Oh, and he's been unlicensed since 1977. And couldn't keep right

(Newser) - So your blood-alcohol content is 3.5 times the limit and you haven't had a driver's license in 33 years—let's go for a drive! And so a tire falls off—let's keep going 11 miles without it! Western New Yorker Duane Bush is charged with doing just that, along...

Snooki: No More Daytime Boozin'

Reality star says dad 'didn't raise her like that'

(Newser) - She may not be the life of the party anymore, says Snooki Polizzi—or at least not before dark. After her disorderly conduct arrest last week—which got its start with a cocktail at noon and culminated in Snooki not remembering much of anything—Jersey Shore's tannest tells the New ...

Canadian Mayor to City Council: Sober Up

Time to lay off the booze, Halifax councilors told

(Newser) - Some politicians' actions might lead you to speculate about their level of inebriation, but the mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is telling his city council members in no uncertain terms to sober up. Mayor Peter Kelly says he's been fielding complaints from members of the public and other council members...

Losing 'Love of His Life' Caused to London Relapse
Losing 'Love of His Life' Caused London to Relapse
not his wife
Jun 28, 2010 10:54 AM CDT

Losing 'Love of His Life' Caused London to Relapse

Breakup of affair led him back to drinking, drugs

(Newser) - Jeremy London allegedly fell back into drug and alcohol abuse long before his recent kidnapping drama. A friend and former business associate tells Radar the downward spiral began when he broke up with the “love of his life.” His wife? Nope. A woman he met during a separation...

Third Miami U Sorority Suspended After Raging Formal

Turns out sisters can be just as gross as frat bros

(Newser) - Miami University appears to be having a bit of a problem with its sororities: For the third time in a month, a spring formal turned truly disgusting, resulting in probation. This time it was the Zeta Tau Alphas who filled a bus with trash and vomit and harassed the driver,...

Inside Andrew Koppel's Troubled Life

Had history of drinking alone; may have taken drugs on day of death

(Newser) - Andrew Koppel had a long history of alcohol abuse, but friends remember him as a brilliant and "genuine nice guy" who had—they thought—successfully moved past the troubles of his youth. His death Monday left more questions than answers, and Belinda Caban, in whose apartment he was found,...

Marriage Drama for RFK Jr
 Marriage Drama for RFK Jr 
May 28, 2010 11:20 AM CDT

Marriage Drama for RFK Jr

Wife's DWI a sign of how bad it is, friends say

(Newser) - In the wake of Mary Kennedy’s DWI arrest , rumors of trouble in her marriage to Bobby Kennedy Jr. are bubbling to the surface. “It's no big surprise that she's drinking. She has problems, and in the past couple of years—certainly the last year—it’s gotten worse,...

The Hoff Hospitalized After Latest 3-Day Bender

The binges just won't stop for former 'Baywatch' star

(Newser) - David Hasselhoff is back in the hospital after yet another booze binge. Making the situation even more troublesome? His 17-year-old daughter was the one who took him there. He checked in Sunday after drinking for three days straight, a source tells Radar . For those of you keeping track, he’s...

LiLo's Lawyer Lied in Court...Twice?

Plus, her dad gives his two cents, as always

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s attorney seems to have told a bit of a fib in court yesterday when she tried to get her client out of wearing an alcohol monitoring bracelet. The bracelet, she argued, would be out of place when Lilo shoots an upcoming film in Texas. Makes sense, until...

Behind Huguely's Charm, Rage
 Behind Huguely's Charm, Rage 
PROFILE
May 23, 2010 8:00 AM CDT

Behind Huguely's Charm, Rage

'There had to be a different George inside that head'

(Newser) - Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia will graduate thousands of students this morning—the culmination of years of study. But accused murderer George Huguely will sit in his jail cell rather than collect his diploma—the culmination of years of privilege and inexplicable rage, reports the Washington Post in an extensive...

Dumbest New Drinking Game: Vodka 'Eyeballing'
  Dumbest New Drinking Game: 
 Vodka 'Eyeballing' 
in case you missed it
May 22, 2010 5:50 PM CDT

Dumbest New Drinking Game: Vodka 'Eyeballing'

Obviously, shooting vodka through your eye can cause long-term damage

(Newser) - Shooting vodka not a quick enough path to drunkenness for you? Try shooting it through your eye. “Vodka eyeballing,” which the Daily Mail claims is the latest trend to sweep Britain’s universities, supposedly gives an instant high, although some wonder if “eyeballers” are already so drunk...

Woman Banned From Every UK Bar Arrested for Drinking

Laura Hall also swore at a cop

(Newser) - Note to Laura Hall: Once you’ve been banned from every bar in the United Kingdom, it’s probably not a good idea to drunkenly yell at a police officer that you “want to go to the f****** offie to buy some beer!” But that is what Hall...

Woman Banned From Every UK Bar

Laura Wilson, 20, gets a 2-year timeout from booze

(Newser) - A 20-year-old woman is the first person ever banned from buying or drinking alcohol anywhere in England or Wales. The police issued Laura Hall a Drinking Banning Order, which prohibits her from entering bars, pubs, clubs, or other establishments that sell alcohol. If she does, she risks a $3,800...

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