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Breastfeeding and Boozing: Relax, It's Fine

OPINION

Dec 22, 2014 4:25 PM CST

Breastfeeding and Boozing: Relax, It's Fine

Melinda Wenner Moyer: Even if you feed while tipsy, little alcohol makes it to baby

(Newser) - Holidays are enough to send us all scrambling for the punch bowl, and nursing moms should be no exception. Writing at Slate , Melinda Wenner Moyer—herself a nursing mom—delves into the question of breastfeeding while perhaps filled with a bit more than holiday cheer and finds "there is...

These Are the
Drunkest Days
of the Year

Dec 20, 2014 5:27 PM CST

These Are the Drunkest Days of the Year

Big surprise: New Year's Eve, St. Patrick's Day top list

(Newser) - During the course of approximately the past year, Americans got drunkest on two days: New Year's Eve and the Saturday of St. Patrick's Day weekend. That's according to a study released by BACtrack , a company that makes smartphone-linked breathalyzers, Quartz reports—so the results should perhaps be...

More States Move to
Ban Powdered Booze

Dec 17, 2014 4:39 AM CST

More States Move to Ban Powdered Booze

Kids could 'sprinkle it on top of their Wheaties'

(Newser) - The dangers of powdered alcohol are not to be sniffed at, according to lawmakers who are trying to ban the product before it hits the shelves. Alaska, Delaware, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Vermont have already outlawed booze in powder form, and Colorado is the latest to discuss a ban on...

Canadian Navy Bans Booze

Dec 13, 2014 7:28 AM CST

Canadian Navy Bans Booze

No more beer vending machines on warships

(Newser) - Canada's navy is cracking down hard on drunken sailors with a near-total ban on alcohol when ships are at sea. Sailors used to be permitted to drink at sea as long as it was more than six hours until they were on duty, but now drinking will be permitted...

We've Been Able
to Hold Our Booze
for 10M Years

study says

Dec 2, 2014 4:30 AM CST

We've Been Able to Hold Our Booze for 10M Years

That may have helped humans live on ground, rather than in trees

(Newser) - Studies have previously suggested that people started drinking alcohol about 9,000 years ago, around when we invented the means of making it. But new research suggests we could handle the stuff far before that: more along the lines of 10 million years, the Los Angeles Times reports. Humans have...

Britain's Heavy Drinkers
Offered Anti-Booze Pill

Nov 30, 2014 9:01 AM CST

Britain's Heavy Drinkers Offered Anti-Booze Pill

Nalmefene approved as means of reducing alcohol consumption

(Newser) - Those Brits who want to cut down on their alcohol intake—and can spare about $5 a day—now have access to a pill to reduce their craving . UK officials have approved the drug nalmefene for use along with counseling to help reduce alcohol dependency, the International Business Times reports....

By Wedding's End,
Bride in Hospital,
Groom Arrested

Nov 29, 2014 2:59 PM CST

By Wedding's End, Bride in Hospital, Groom Arrested

Best man also busted after giant brawl

(Newser) - A wedding in Australia turned into a fight that required six police units to get under control, ABC News reports. Late in the evening, guests called an ambulance because the bride was sick; she was subsequently treated for alcohol poisoning, and the Daily Mail reports that she's been discharged...

Study: Heavy Drinkers
Are Rarely Alcoholics

Study: Heavy Drinkers Are Rarely Alcoholics

Only 1 in 10 excessive drinkers meets the definition of alcoholism

(Newser) - Frequently drinking too much booze does not mean you're an alcoholic. In fact, it means that only rarely. A new study by the CDC and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration finds that 1 in 3 American adults meet the definition of heavy drinking—for men, having...

'Fireball Whisky'
Yanked Over
Antifreeze
Ingredient

Oct 30, 2014 8:08 AM CDT

'Fireball Whisky' Yanked Over Antifreeze Ingredient

Not to worry: Offending ingredient is deemed safe enough in US

(Newser) - Fireball Cinnamon Whisky is red-hot in the US and gaining traction abroad, becoming especially big at frat parties and recently declared the "most popular shot for college students," reports the Daily Beast . But a batch of the whisky that "Tastes like Heaven, Burns like Hell" has...

Whiskey Set to Vanquish Vodka in US Sales

Oct 20, 2014 1:22 PM CDT

Whiskey Set to Vanquish Vodka in US Sales

Consumer preferences leaning more toward 'authentic' liquor with heritage

(Newser) - Vodka has reigned victorious in sales over all other spirits in the US since 2007, but it's about to be wasted by a formidable opponent: whiskey. Even though vodka still has a hold on volume, whiskey is projected to wrest the sales title away this year, according to Euromonitor...

Booze, Banned and Often Toxic, Is Killing in Pakistan

Oct 9, 2014 11:54 AM CDT

Booze, Banned and Often Toxic, Is Killing in Pakistan

Bad liquor kills at least 27 during Eid celebrations

(Newser) - For many of us, knocking back a drink or four while hanging around with family during holidays is pretty customary. In Pakistan, which has been dry since 1977, it's not only illegal, it's proving quite deadly. As the Washington Post reports, 21 people in Karachi died in a...

Pair Put Booze in Disabled Boy's IV, Killed Him: Cops

Oct 8, 2014 1:32 PM CDT

Pair Put Booze in Disabled Boy's IV, Killed Him: Cops

Vermont mom, boyfriend charged in Isaac Robitille's death

(Newser) - Thirteen-year-old Isaac Robitille was born with disabilities so severe he depended on feeding tubes and IVs to keep him alive. When he died in August, an autopsy found that his blood-alcohol content was 0.146—nearly twice the legal limit for adult drivers, reports the AP . Today, Isaac's mother,...

What America
Really Needs:
Marijuana Bars

OPINION

Sep 30, 2014 1:29 PM CDT

What America Really Needs: Marijuana Bars

Malcolm Harris makes the case for pot hangouts as an 'urban-planning win-win'

(Newser) - Malcolm Harris doesn't have a problem with more bars —he just thinks those bars should sell pot, not alcohol. In an opinion piece for Al-Jazeera America , Harris offers his take on how marijuana bars would give Americans more palatable gathering spaces with fewer health risks, creating an "...

5 Stars With Their
Own Booze Brands

Sep 27, 2014 8:05 AM CDT

5 Stars With Their Own Booze Brands

You know you want some George Clooney tequila

(Newser) - You know you've really made it when you have your own brand of alcohol—as do these celebrities rounded up by ETOnline :

George Clooney: Helped develop Casamigos tequila after a trip to Mexico with friends Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman; the ad features Clooney waking up next to Cindy

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Here's How Much America's Heaviest Drinkers Drink

Sep 26, 2014 8:30 AM CDT

Here's How Much America's Heaviest Drinkers Drink

10 drinks—each day

(Newser) - What does it mean to be one of America's heaviest drinkers? Christopher Ingraham at the Washington Post reports on the numbers presented in Philip J. Cook's book Paying the Tab, and they may surprise you: The top 10% of adult US drinkers consume an average of 74 alcoholic...

Student, 19, Dies
After 'Gathering' at
Rutgers Fraternity

Sep 22, 2014 11:48 AM CDT

Student, 19, Dies After 'Gathering' at Rutgers Fraternity

Police probe Caitlyn Kovacs' death

(Newser) - A 19-year-old Rutgers student has died following what reports call a "small gathering" at a fraternity house. Alcohol may have been a factor in Caitlyn Kovacs' death, which is currently under police investigation; an autopsy will reveal the cause. The New Jersey resident passed out at the Delta Kappa...

Cops: Woman Rubs
Officer's Pepper Spray
Back Into His Eyes

Sep 2, 2014 3:50 PM CDT

Cops: Woman Rubs Officer's Pepper Spray Back Into His Eyes

A Florida arrest gets a little out of hand

(Newser) - When a Florida sheriff's deputy spotted two women arguing in a store parking lot, he intervened, Keys News reports—but the response was more than he bargained for. As the officer attempted to arrest Sara Henderson, 33, on charges of disorderly intoxication, he says she fought back. In the...

Got a Hangover?
Blame Your Genes

study says

Aug 31, 2014 8:21 AM CDT

Got a Hangover? Blame Your Genes

Researchers base finding on study of twins

(Newser) - When it comes to a bad reaction to alcohol, it seems not everyone is created equal. Genetics, researchers suggest, could be to blame for almost half the difference among people in whether we suffer the day after drinking. In a survey, study authors asked some 4,000 people on the...

Shipwreck Yields
200-Year-Old
Booze You
Can Drink

Aug 20, 2014 2:15 PM CDT

Shipwreck Yields 200-Year-Old Booze You Can Drink

Bottle may contain mix of gin and Selters mineral water

(Newser) - A 200-year-old bottle of alcohol found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea is still suitable for drinking—if you can get past its stink. The stoneware bottle, emblazoned with the name of a mineral water named Selters, was found off the Polish coast in the Gulf...

Drink Up, America,
It's Good for You

OPINION

Aug 13, 2014 12:28 PM CDT

Drink Up, America, It's Good for You

Moderate drinking is better than abstinence: Stanton Peele

(Newser) - Those who like a glass of wine or two each day will be happy to read Stanton Peele's essay in Pacific Standard with a headline that nicely sums up his case: "The Truth We Won't Admit: Drinking Is Healthy." Peele sets out not just to back...