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46 Treated for
Booze at Keith
Urban Show

Jul 28, 2014 8:18 AM CDT

46 Treated for Booze at Keith Urban Show

Boston performance was 'nutso,' singer says

(Newser) - A Keith Urban concert near Boston last night resulted in a lot more reckless behavior than police expected. Some 46 people received medical treatment and 22 were hospitalized, mostly for alcohol-related illnesses, Reuters reports. "Last evening's Keith Urban concert was not anticipated to present with the volume of...

Dozens Hospitalized
During Avicii Concert

Jun 26, 2014 10:32 AM CDT

Dozens Hospitalized During Avicii Concert

Heat + lots of drugs, alcohol = not great

(Newser) - By the time an Avicii concert at Boston's TD Garden ended around 11pm last night, a staging area had been set up nearby to deal with all the concertgoers requiring medical attention—a total of more than 80, about 50 of whom were treated by paramedics at the scene...

WHO: Alcohol Kills
Someone Every
10 Seconds

May 12, 2014 11:32 AM CDT

WHO: Alcohol Kills Someone Every 10 Seconds

Total annual toll: 3.3M

(Newser) - The World Health Organization today released a new report on alcohol, and it's full of pretty dour stats. Among the most eye-grabbing ones, per the WHO and the AFP :

Alcohol kills 3.3 million people worldwide each year.
That's more than AIDS, tuberculosis, and violence—combined.
That's

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Chronic Drunk Driver
Killed by Drunk Driver

May 11, 2014 7:58 AM CDT

Chronic Drunk Driver Killed by Drunk Driver

Haitham Gamal was on bicycle, getting his life straight

(Newser) - Haitham Gamal "was on the road to recovery" after three drunk-driving convictions, says his lawyer. Unfortunately, he was also on the road—on his bike, as per a California-mandated license suspension—when a 19-year-old driver who was allegedly drunk and speeding hit and killed the 38-year-old Gamal. "He...

Hiker Loses Car Keys,
Dies of Exposure

Apr 6, 2014 9:36 AM CDT

Hiker Loses Car Keys, Dies of Exposure

20-year-old woman found next day in Provo Canyon

(Newser) - Booze and a late-night hike in freezing temps might seem like a combination with the potential to go horribly wrong, but it was the added element of lost car keys that took a turn for the deadly in Utah's Provo Canyon. As Weather Underground reports, 20-year-old Hadley Boberg and...

St. Paddy's Party in Mass.: Riot Gear, Brawls, 73 Arrests

Mar 9, 2014 7:48 AM CDT

St. Paddy's Party in Mass.: Riot Gear, Brawls, 73 Arrests

Note: The actual holiday is next Monday

(Newser) - This is why we can't have nice St. Paddy's Day parties: With more than a week to go before the holiday honoring all things green and boozy, er, the 5th-century Catholic bishop , cops in Massachusetts had to break up a party that sounds more war zone-themed than Irish....

Hangovers
Don't Stop Us
From Drinking

Hangovers Don't Stop Us From Drinking

In fact, they don't seem to affect our drinking much at all: study

(Newser) - It seems like a raging hangover would be enough to deter anyone from drinking again ... but, as will surprise no one who's woken up Saturday morning feeling woozy only to hit the bars again Saturday night, a new study finds that hangovers actually have very little impact on when...

Gambler Sues After Losing $500K While Blackout Drunk

Mar 6, 2014 3:07 AM CST

Gambler Sues After Losing $500K While Blackout Drunk

Mark Johnston says casino should not have issued lines of credit

(Newser) - A California man lost $500,000 while gambling at a Las Vegas casino over Super Bowl weekend, but he doesn't think he should have to pay—because he was so drunk at the time. "I feel like they picked my pockets," says Mark Johnston, who is suing...

'Overwhelmed'
Rodman Hits Rehab

Jan 19, 2014 6:31 AM CST

'Overwhelmed' Rodman Hits Rehab

Basketball player seeks help after drunken meltdown on CNN

(Newser) - America's diplomat in chief to North Korea is out of commission for a while: Dennis Rodman, most recently known for cozying up to murderous baby-faced dictators and drunkenly melting down on CNN , has checked into rehab for alcoholism. He'll spend 30 days at a facility in New Jersey....

You Don't Need
to Stop Boozing
Cold Turkey

OPINION

Jan 2, 2014 12:38 PM CST

You Don't Need to Stop Boozing Cold Turkey

A more moderate approach can help many problem drinkers: Gabrielle Glaser

(Newser) - If you're concerned about your drinking habits, one of your New Year's resolutions may have been to quit alcohol entirely. But, though "the cold-turkey approach is deeply rooted in the United States," there is another way, writes Gabrielle Glaser, author of a book on women and...

You'll Sleep Worse
After a Nightcap

studies say

Dec 7, 2013 11:26 AM CST

You'll Sleep Worse After a Nightcap

Even if you drift off more easily

(Newser) - A nightcap might help you drift off—but don't expect a good night's sleep for your trouble. In the 1970s, researchers gave subjects each between one and six drinks a half-hour to an hour before bedtime. Those who had more booze fell asleep quicker, but during the second...

Server: I Was Fired for
Reporting Boozing,
Breastfeeding Mom

Nov 28, 2013 4:29 PM CST

Server: I Was Fired for Reporting Boozing, Breastfeeding Mom

Restaurant denies it

(Newser) - When a server at an Arkansas pizza joint saw a woman simultaneously boozing it up and ... breastfeeding, she decided to call the cops. But Jackie Conners says she ended up getting fired from Gusano's Pizzeria over the incident last Wednesday, even though the mom in question, 28-year-old Tasha Adams,...

Student Trapped Between Buildings Had Been Drinking

Nov 5, 2013 6:17 AM CST

Student Trapped Between Buildings Had Been Drinking

Asher Vongtau spent 36 hours in 6- to 18-inch crevice

(Newser) - The New York Post 's sources confirm what you probably already suspected: The NYU student who was found trapped between two buildings had been drinking before he fell from a fire escape into the narrow crevice. Asher Vongtau, 19, admitted as much to police, sources say. He left a...

White Wine Drinkers Pour
With a Heavier Hand

new study

Sep 30, 2013 11:10 AM CDT

White Wine Drinkers Pour With a Heavier Hand

Study found participants poured 9.2% more white than red

(Newser) - If your wine of choice is Sauvignon Blanc rather than Cabernet Sauvignon, watch out: A new study shows you're likely to serve yourself more generously. Iowa State University and Cornell researchers had study participants pour a "normal" glass of wine into a clear glass. (Normal, by the way,...

Drunk Lady Passes Out,
IKEA Lets Her Sleep It Off

Aug 1, 2013 8:48 AM CDT

Drunk Lady Passes Out, IKEA Lets Her Sleep It Off

After she vomited on a couch first

(Newser) - If you're going to get really drunk and pass out in public, aim for an IKEA. An apparently intoxicated woman recently stumbled into one of the furniture stores in Israel, vomited on a couch, and then passed out on a bed (after politely removing her shoes first). The employees...

Hangovers Cost
US Economy $160B

study says

Jul 5, 2013 4:32 PM CDT

Hangovers Cost US Economy $160B

That's $1.37 per drink: CDC

(Newser) - A new CDC study reveals something that won't come as any surprise to those of you who celebrated a little too hard yesterday: Hangovers cost us quite a bit when it comes to productivity. The CDC estimates that, overall, heavy drinking costs the US economy a whopping $220 billion...

Man Jailed
for DUI ... for
13 Years

Man Jailed for DUI ... for 13 Years

Timothy Morrow has been convicted of drunk driving eight times

(Newser) - When does a DUI conviction carry a 13-year prison sentence? Apparently, when it's your eighth one. That's what Timothy Morrow, 43, found out this week, the Chicago Tribune reports. Morrow has not only been convicted eight times—with the first coming at age 17—he's been cited...

Drunk Reese
Told Cop She
Was Pregnant

'gma' interview

May 2, 2013 10:31 AM CDT

Drunk Reese Told Cop She Was Pregnant

Offers up big apology on 'Good Morning America'

(Newser) - Reese Witherspoon didn't hold back when asked about her recent arrest by George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America today: "It was one of those nights. We went out to dinner in Atlanta, and we had one too many glasses of wine, and we thought we were fine to...

John Kerry Wins a Hockey Bet

Apr 11, 2013 3:19 PM CDT

John Kerry Wins a Hockey Bet

Unfortunately, that means he gets a case of Molson—in cans

(Newser) - The good news: John Kerry gets a case of beer while he's on a 10-day foreign policy trip. The bad news: He now has to chug his way through 24 cans of Molson. Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird gave Kerry the lager in London because USA beat Canada 3-2...

Confirmed: People Lie About How Much They Drink

... a lot, at least in Britain, says study

(Newser) - People in Britain are drinking a lot more alcohol than they care to admit, say researchers at the London's University College. They compared the amounts that people say they drink with actual alcohol sales and found that about 40% of the booze sold is mysteriously unaccounted for, reports the...