May 12
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You Don’t Have to Go Home, but You Can’t Stay Here
Major cities around the country are throwing their bar closing times into flux in response to budget gaps and public safety concerns.
In Washington D.C., where bars are currently permitted to serve until 2 a.m. on the weekdays and 3 a.m. on the weekends, Mayor Vincent Gray has proposed extending the cutoffs of an hour each in...
May 12
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Understanding How Alcohol Addiction Works
We’ve all heard the addictive properties of cigarettes. We’re told not to have a single one – they’re as addictive as heroine! Well, what about alcohol? What causes us to become addicted, and will simply drinking more lead us toward addiction?
Let’s start with alcohol tolerance. It’s true that the more we drink, the more we...
Apr 12
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Kombucha Comeback
..and Reports of it Containing Too High of an Alcohol Content.
Fans of kombucha, a popular fermented tea laden with stomach-friendly probiotics and other nutrients, will soon have one more choice to make before popping open the fizzy tea: kombucha regular or kombucha ID-required.
GT’s, America’s most popular kombucha brewer, will soon be offering their original kombucha...
Mar 12
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Alcohol and (Weird) State Law
Remember the good old days of Prohibition? Well, probably not, but it is a fine example of the fact that the laws regarding alcohol have a way of changing and evolving. And, depending on who you ask, sometimes those changes are for the better, and sometimes they are not.
Of course, Prohibition was a federal law that applied to all states at the...
Mar 12
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Military Gets Tough on Tippling
"Sir, NO sir!"
This will be the expected answer for inquisitive drill sergeants and chiefs in barracks (and on boats) at armed forces installations around the world as the U.S. military looks to tighten controls on alcohol consumption among the ranks.
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus kicked off a new program dubbed the 21st Century...
