alcohol
Study: Popular Energy Drinks Pose Serious Health Risk To Teens
Popular energy drinks such as the popular Red Bull and Rockstar brands have potentially hazardous effects on teens – especially when combined with alcohol.
Supreme Court Wary of Warrantless Blood Tests in DUI Cases
The Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to allow police to routinely order blood tests for unwilling drunken-driving suspects without at least trying to obtain a search warrant from a judge.
Study: College Women Binge Drink More Than Men
College women are more likely to binge drink than their male counterparts.
D.C. and Baltimore Among ‘Drunkest Cities’ in U.S.
The District and Baltimore both made it onto a 2012 list of the ’25 drunkest cities’ in the nation.
Alcohol Sales Up in Virginia as ABC Stores See Record Profits
Virginians bought more alcohol in ABC stores and the state says it saw record profits from beverage outlets and retail sales increase to record levels consecutively for the past 14 years.
Study: Many Parents Think Drinking Improves Their Parenting
A survey by the U.K. charity — 4Children — highlights a “silent epidemic” in which nearly 700,000 children live with a dependent drinker, and just under a quarter of parents continued to drink as much alcohol as before their baby’s birth and that 17 percent actually increased their consumption.
Study: African-American Youth Exposed To More Alcohol Ads
Researchers have discovered that African-American juveniles are exposed to higher volumes of advertising for alcoholic beverages than those in other racial and age demographics.
ATF Gun-Trafficking Probe Led To Hundreds Of Weapons In Crime Scenes
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that disregarded public safety and resulted in hundreds of weapons turning up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico.
Opinion: Big Cities’ People-in-Power Don’t Understand Crime And Murder
For America’s big cities: the people who are supposed to have, need to have, and claim to have all the answers simply don’t have a clue.
