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Salinas City Council considers tougher underage drinking law May. 12, 2010 4:56 pm The Salinas Californian CA
Salinas residents who provide alcohol to minors may face harsher consequences — in the form of a costly ticket... Read full story...
Student anti-drinking effort starts small in St. Lucie to combat a big problem May. 12, 2010 4:56 pm Fort Pierce Tribune FL
PORT ST. LUCIE Lincoln Park Academy senior Cassandra Simon has big dreams to become a lawyer and a politician and she won’t let underage drinking get in her way... Read full story...
Party parents will pay price according to underage drinking meeting May. 12, 2010 4:56 pm Maryville Daily Times TN
Some parents may be able to reason it out in their head — “My kids are going to drink,” they think. “So why not provide a place and the alcohol so I can keep an eye on them and their friends, so I can keep them safe?”... Read full story...
'Nobody Saw Anything?' Binge Drinking, Blackouts and the Crimes of George Huguely! May. 12, 2010 4:56 pm theSOP FL
A neighbor of George Huguely recently said, "That wasn`t George that night, which was somebody that had taken over."... Read full story...
Labor fails to tackle alcohol and junk-food giants May. 12, 2010 4:56 pm The Age AUS
IN CONTRAST to the crackdown on cigarettes, the Rudd government has rejected its own experts' recommendations to take on the powerful food and alcohol industries... Read full story...
Online debate rages over teen vodka death May. 12, 2010 4:56 pm nzherald.co.nz NZ
Online debate over teen drinking issues continues to rage, days after a Kings College student died from an apparent vodka overdose... Read full story...
Making sense of Yeardley Love's tragic death May. 12, 2010 4:56 pm The Washington Post VA
It is inconceivable to me that Mr. Casteen, in a speech he gave during a candlelight vigil, urged students to act when they see abuse or violence around them, when the university has a policy, in most cases, of not informing parents when their children are abusing themselves by drinking illegally... Read full story...
Editorial: 'Sin' taxes could be key to budget deal May. 12, 2010 4:56 pm StarTribune.com MN
An increase in state taxes on alcoholic beverages also ought to be under consideration this week. Minnesota's alcohol taxes have not been increased since 1987 and, in the case of wine, are now half as much per gallon as the national median... Read full story...
Obama's Drug Strategy All Talk, No Walk May. 12, 2010 4:56 pm FDL Action USA
Forgetting the fact that alcohol and prescription drugs also have many of those “negative effects,” there’s little evidence to support the claim that prohibition reduces availability or demand... Read full story...
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