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Alcohol

Call for alcohol ads watershed  -  28 Aug 2007
Scotsman,ALCOHOL adverts on TV should be banned before 9pm to stop children being exposed to them, a campaign group said today. Alcohol Concern claimed booze

NASA: No Improper Alcohol Use by Astronauts in Pre-Flight Period  -  28 Aug 2007
FOX NewsAstronauts did not improperly use alcohol in the immediate pre-flight period, FOX News learned Tuesday. "The NASA safety review found no evidence of alcohol

Botswana: Alcohol Abuse Weakens Aids Fight  -  28 Aug 2007
AllAfrica.com,Alcohol abuse by youth is a major discouragement for them from participating in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Okavango HIV/AIDS men sector chairman,

Govt raises alcohol, cigarette taxes  -  28 Aug 2007
Bangkok Post,...(BangkokPost.com) - The government agreed on Tuesday to increase alcohol and cigarette taxes to lower consumption. Price of locally-made liquor is raised

Drinking Often Spurs Move to Poorer Neighborhoods  -  28 Aug 2007
Forbes,..."The more alcohol problems a man has, the more likely he is going to remain in, or migrate into, a disadvantaged neighborhood," according to a team of

Alcohol Laws: Should the Drinking Age be Lowered?  -  28 Aug 2007
ABC NewsInstead of keeping students away from alcohol, they argue, the laws simply drive underage drinking underground and toward unsafe extremes.

Dad accused of giving teens alcohol  -  28 Aug 2007
Greensboro News Record,State Alcohol Law Enforcement officials disagree, and last week he was one of four people charged with giving alcoholic beverages to three teens involved in

ASU alcohol problems down this weekend, police say  -  28 Aug 2007
AZ Central.com,Tempe Police made more than 25 alcohol-related arrests Thursday on Alpha Drive - home to ASU's fraternity houses. They made nine more in the area on Friday,

Berkeley, UC police crack down on underage drinking  -  28 Aug 2007
San Jose Mercury News,Plainclothes and uniformed officers issued 56 citations to minors in possession of alcohol, those with open containers of alcohol, merchants selling alcohol

Lake Cumberland Restaurant With Alcohol Remains a Possibility  -  28 Aug 2007
WBKO,28 will decide the future of restaurant only alcohol sales on the banks of Lake Cumberland. Three years ago, voters in Burnside approved a referendum that

End Of Swedish Alcohol Monopoly Would Do Harm  -  28 Aug 2007
Javno.hr,Ending Sweden`s state monopoly on alcohol sales would cause a surge in drink-related deaths and violence. Ending Sweden's state monopoly on alcohol sales

Watershed 'needed for alcohol adverts'  -  28 Aug 2007
InTheNews.co.uk,A 21:00 watershed is needed to prevent young children from seeing adverts promoting alcohol during the day, a campaign group has said.

Program helps alcohol offenders take responsibility for their actions  -  28 Aug 2007
Jefferson City News Tribune,The Family Counseling Center (FCC), a United Way agency, is one of the agencies certified by the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse to provide services to

Teenagers broke into club to take alcohol  -  28 Aug 2007
Bourne Local,A teenager broke into Deepings Rugby Club and stole £40 worth of alcohol because he wanted to carry on drinking, magistrates heard.

Ole Miss investigating police behavior on alcohol in the Grove  -  28 Aug 2007
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal,The football weekends generally are marked by alcohol consumption at social events and tailgating parties. Last spring, the Legislature agreed college

Scrapping alcohol monopoly 'would cause death and violence'  -  28 Aug 2007
The Local,Abolishing Sweden's alcohol retail monopoly would cause consumption of alcoholic drinks to rise dramatically, leaving death, illness and violence in its

New MSU drug, alcohol policy sparks concerns  -  28 Aug 2007
The Reflector online,The MSU Faculty Senate will discuss the conditions of a faculty and staff drug and alcohol policy, which went into effect on May 5, at the Senate's first

Warning over alcohol accidents  -  28 Aug 2007
Norwich Evening News,A new warning about the dangers of consuming alcohol was issued today as it emerged 65000 people in East Anglia were admitted to hospital because of

Moderate drinkers less likely to get kidney cancer  -  28 Aug 2007
News-Medical.net,The researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm suggest that people who drink 22 ounces of alcohol a week are 40 percent less likely to develop

Traffic light plan sees drop in alcohol crimes  -  28 Aug 2007
ic SurreyOnline.co.uk,LEVELS of alcohol-related incidents have dramatically reduced in Epsom since the introduction of the Traffic Light System. It was introduced in the town

Alcohol-free beer ads say "don't drink and drive"  -  28 Aug 2007
Offlicence News,Dutch brewer, Bavaria is sending out an anti drink-driving message with a new ad for its alcohol-free beer, Bavaria Malt. The TV ad goes on air on a number

Scores of alcohol citations issued late last week  -  28 Aug 2007
The Herald-Times (subscription),Kilroy’s on Kirkwood was cited for six counts each of allowing a minor to loiter and sale of alcohol to a minor, and one count of altering floor plans

An open letter of thanks to the public from Kevin Rudd, Aussie bloke.  -  28 Aug 2007
The Age,Less than four years ago while on a taxpayer-funded trip to New York, I went out on the town and visited a strip club and drank so much alcohol I can't

Anderson motorist accused of using alcohol and endangering child’s ...  -  28 Aug 2007
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription),By Pearce Adams (Contact) ANDERSON COUNTY — A 29-year-old Anderson man with a suspended driver’s license for driving under the influence is facing charges

Engineer found drunk in cockpit  -  28 Aug 2007
BBC News,An airport engineer who was found under the influence of alcohol in the cockpit of an aeroplane while carrying out emergency repairs has been fined £400.

Illegal alcohol warehouse uncovered in police operation  -  28 Aug 2007
Focus News,The Chief Directorate “Combating Organized Crime�-National Police Service carried out a special operation uncovering an illegal alcohol warehouse,

Alcohol sting nets 3 clerks  -  28 Aug 2007
Appeal-Democrat,Clerks at three convenience stores in Linda and Olivehurst were arrested for selling alcohol to minors posing as customers, Marysville police said Monday.

Stuff and nonsense  -  28 Aug 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Alcohol is a powerful disinfectant and in high concentrations it can damage or kill off human cells. But the blood alcohol concentrations that make a person

DanceX Winners Banned From Alcohol  -  28 Aug 2007
Product Reviews,Producers warned the winners that letting their hair down would not be sensible so the contestants were banned from celebrating with alcohol on Saturday

Store owner arrested following alcohol sting  -  28 Aug 2007
Henry Herald,According to Hampton Police Chief Rad Porter, Patel’s arrest came as part of a crackdown on illegal alcohol sales by the Georgia Department of Revenue.

Voters to decide fate of city Sunday alcohol sales  -  28 Aug 2007
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription),By Doug Staley City residents will decide next April whether restaurants should be able to serve alcohol on Sundays. The Anderson City Council voted

Professional cyclist arrested for refusing alcohol breath test  -  28 Aug 2007
Mainichi Daily News,IZUNOKUNI, Shizuoka -- A professional bicycle racer who refused to take an alcohol test after being stopped by police as he was driving in Shizuoka

Turning beer into biofuel: researchers examine alcohol by-products ...  -  28 Aug 2007
Gizmag,August 28, 2007 The debate surrounding the benefits and perils of biofuels continues with by-products from the alcohol manufacturing process offered as the

Loranger man seeking alcohol rule exemption  -  28 Aug 2007
2TheAdvocate,But the state Alcohol Tobacco Control Board rejected his permit because of this ordinance, Rogoz said, and he asked the council to exempt him.

Lumberton voters now have 3 choices for alcohol sales  -  28 Aug 2007
Beaumont Enterprise,Williams has been a vocal opponent of the petition to prohibit alcohol in Lumberton and spoke against it two weeks ago when the court decided to put the

Woman gets 6-year sentence in DUI collision that killed driver  -  28 Aug 2007
San Jose Mercury News,Prosecutors said Schofield's blood-alcohol level was 0.25 percent when tested less than two hours after the collision. A defense attorney argued there may

Alcohol use suspected in crash  -  28 Aug 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),Alcohol use is suspected to be involved in a one-vehicle crash on Sherman Church Avenue SW on Sunday evening that sent four young men to area hospitals

Non-profit receives funds for youth anti-drug, alcohol programs  -  28 Aug 2007
FOX11AZ.com (subscription),By Alicia Barrón, Fox 11 News A local non-profit agency that serves young people has received funding to develop programs for drug and alcohol education and

Taxi driver five times over limit  -  28 Aug 2007
BBC News,Deeks was banned for three years after a sheriff heard he was taking steps to tackle a serious alcohol problem. He was also ordered to undergo alcohol

Police issue more than 200 alcohol citations  -  28 Aug 2007
Indiana Daily StudentPolice cracked down on underage drinking this weekend, issuing about 200 alcohol-related citations to students during IU’s Welcome Week.

POLICE REPORTS: Several arrested on alcohol violations  -  28 Aug 2007
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel,Furnishing alcohol to a minor, 1600 block of Cardinal Street. Officers heard a large party in an apartment complex. Officers located several people drinking

Judge Dismisses Rider U. Hazing Charges  -  28 Aug 2007
ABC NewsAuthorities said he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.426 percent, more than five times New Jersey's legal limit for driving. Badgley was unaware of the events

EU opens tender to distil wine into biofuel  -  28 Aug 2007
ReutersThe tender would offer roughly 693376 hectoliters of wine alcohol stored in France, Greece, Italy and Spain. The deadline for bids was September 10,

'BIS nod needed for 10% ethanol blend'  -  28 Aug 2007
Times of India,But a boon for environmentalists could mean bust for alcohol manufacturers since molasses could be in short supply due to the implementation of the 10%

South Africa: Country Pays High Price for Drug Abuse  -  28 Aug 2007
AllAfrica.com,Alcohol abuse cost the country about R10bn a year while dagga smokers spent about R3,6bn annually on their habit, the Central Drug Authority (CDA) said in

Kenya: Youth Losing Themselves in Alcohol  -  Aug 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Recent findings by State agencies indicate that alcohol abuse is rapidly becoming a national problem, not only among adults but also among the youth

Gas station's bid to sell alcohol stirs opposition  -  Aug 26, 2007
Indianapolis Star,Far-Northside neighborhood activists are up in arms over a gas station's desire to sell beer and alcohol. The Circle K (Shell) gas station at 96th and

Nigeria: FUTO Bans Alcohol on Campus  -  Aug 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,I cannot cease to wonder how a student soaked in alcohol that early, can diligently attend to his studies and make a success of his career," Professor

Alice Council to discuss alcohol-free day  -  Aug 26, 2007
ABC Online,A motion to have the Northern Territory's Licensing Commission investigate banning the sale of takeaway alcohol in Alice Springs will be raised again at

Nigeria: Uduakabasi Survives 30 Valium Pills, Alcohol to Become ...  -  Aug 27, 2007
AllAfrica.com,She decided the best way to go was to take 30 tablets of Valium along with a good dose of alcohol. To her, life was not worth living anymore.




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