Alcoholism News & Reports

Poverty, Violence, and Underage Drinking Center of U.K. Study

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.

Study of Lower Drinking Age Approved by Vt. Committee
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.


Movie Theaters Selling More Alcohol More than 400 movie theaters nationwide now sell alcohol, up from only 14 in 1997, despite concerns about drinking by underage moviegoers.


Deceptive Maryland Alcohol Bill Slammed by Public Health Advocates 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 the Latest Target in Industry Bid to See Alcopops Classified as Beer 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.


U.K. Health Officials Say Female Drinkers Risk Cancer 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.

High Rates of Alcohol Problems Among Hospitality Workers