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Alcohol News Reports Stories from Jointogether
Top national news about alcohol, alcoholism
Alcohol is not a drug, according to about one-third of Australians polled -- and 43 percent of those ages 18-29.
Artificial molecules developed by Japanese scientists have been shown to block collagen production by liver "stellate cells," reversing the damage caused by liver cirrhosis.
Up to 40 percent of teens living in poor areas of England drink alcohol, and weekly drinkers also were likely to be involved in violence, according to researchers at Liverpool John Moores University.
State liquor officials call it a waste of time, but a Vermont Senate committee has approved legislation that would establish a task force to study the possibility of lowering the state's legal drinking age from 21 to 18.
More than 400 movie theaters nationwide now sell alcohol, up from only 14 in 1997, despite concerns about drinking by underage moviegoers.
California-based Marin Institute initiated an Action Alert today in an effort to stop a bill in the Maryland legislature that would change how youth-targeted alcopops -- sweetened alcoholic beverages -- are taxed and distributed.
Maryland's attorney general says that so-called 'alcopops' should be treated like hard-liquor products under the law, but some members of the state legislature want sweetened alcoholic drinks like Smirnoff Ice and Mike's Hard Lemonade classified and taxed like beer.
Women who drink regularly face an increased risk of breast cancer, say U.K. health officials who are launching a public-education campaign aimed at middle-aged women.
Hospitality workers have the highest rate of serious alcohol problems among U.S. industries, with 15 percent of workers in the federally defined 'leisure, hospitality and arts' market segment suffering from alcohol-related problems, a new study finds.
The federal government is cosponsoring a series of more than 1,600 town-hall meetings nationwide in March and April focused on the problem of underage drinking.
24 Mar 2008 at 11:45am
U.K. researchers who compared individuals with a certain genetic mutation that impairs alcohol metabolism -- thus discouraging drinking -- to the general population found that those without the mutation and who consume about three drinks daily have much higher blood pressure.
21 Mar 2008 at 5:45am
Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has signed a bill that bans sales of so-called 'alcopop' drinks from grocery stores after initially objecting to the measure.
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