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Price Controls Cut Binge Drinking, Canadian Province Reports Jul. 7, 2010 2:30 pm JoinTogether.org Canada
The Canadian province of Saskatchewan's minimum-pricing policy on high-alcohol beverages has resulted in a decline in public intoxication as well as lower sales of potent products, the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix reported July 6... Read full story...
Repeal the Drinking Age Jul. 7, 2010 8:46 pm Lew Rockwell USA
Somehow, and no one seems to even imagine how, this country managed to survive and thrive before 1984 without a national minimum drinking age. Before that, the drinking question was left to the states... Read full story...
Big guns join call to alter boozing culture Jul. 8, 2010 1:13 am Northern Advocate NZ
"Alcohol at pocket money prices is encouraging a binge drinking culture which is harming many New Zealanders. If eminent Kiwis are prepared to speak up about it, then Parliament should be prepared to back them up and take action"... Read full story...
After a decade in sober America ... is everyone in Britain drunk? Jul. 7, 2010 3:39 pm Daily Mail UK
After a decade in sober America ... is everyone in Britain drunk? Nothing prepared me for the booze. Sometimes it seems as if everyone here is drunk... Read full story...
IT'S MUM'S RIGHT TO HAVE A DRINK Jul. 8, 2010 mirror.co.uk UK
A mum who spent an afternoon binge-drinking while her daughter screamed in a buggy told arresting police it was "a mother's right to have a drink once in a while"... Read full story...
Another round of Prohibition, anyone? Jul. 7, 2010 9:01 pm Washington Post USA
Daniel Okrent's darkly hilarious "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition" recounts how Americans abolished a widely exercised private right -- and condemned the nation's fifth-largest industry -- in order to make the nation more heavenly... Read full story...
Urge $60 million for anti-DWI technology Jul. 7, 2010 1:56 pm WNYT NY
Current ignition interlock technology often can be foiled by using a stand-in to get the car started.Schumer wants to use 12 million dollars a year for five years to develop the technology. It's money that's already set aside for road safety initiatives... Read full story...
Pownal teen crashes while texting, cited for DUI, police say Jul. 8, 2010 3:52 am BurlingtonFreePress.com VT
Ward told police she and her friend had been drinking and were on their way home when she lost control of her vehicle because she was texting on her cell phone... Read full story...
University of Iowa, Iowa City Officials Push for 21-only Bars Jul. 7, 2010 6:59 pm KCRG IA
Increased penalties, task forces, alcohol-free activities – none has quenched the thirst young people have for downtown Iowa City bars... Read full story...
Teens drink more before stepping into college life Jul. 8, 2010 Oneindia News USA
Teens consume more alcohol during summers before the new academic session begins in fall, according to an American alcohol researcher... Read full story...
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