http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/drinking/ en-us Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:16:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348450/posts St. Paul may soon pass a social host ordinance that punishes adults who knowingly allow parties, where minors are drinking. That includes adults who aren't even there, including landlords. "They bear some of the responsibility to ensure it doesn't continue," said St. Paul Council Member Russ Stark. City pages http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348450/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:16:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345438/posts STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State University said the body of a missing student has been found at the bottom of a stairwell about 75 yards from where he was last seen alive. The university said tonight that 18-year-old freshman Joseph Dado, of Latrobe, was found dead at about 6 p.m. at the Hosler Building. University police said it looks like Mr. Dado fell about 15 feet to the concrete below. Pittsburgh Post Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345438/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:14:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2331463/posts Drinking a bottle of wine or five pints of beer in an evening instead of over the course of a week gives you a big waist, British researchers say. They found the pattern of drinking rather than the total amount of alcohol consumed has a greater effect on waist size. In women the effect was even more pronounced... The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust, was presented at the European Society of Cardiology in Barcelona. The team studied almost 30,000 men and women in Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic ... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2331463/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 19:32:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325381/posts The passing of Ted Kennedy has tormented me all this long day. It started with drinking whiskey for breakfast. ... Let Teddy not be remembered as a great man, for he wasn’t. Laud him not for being bipartisan, for he did so only to incrementally advance his autocratic nightmares. And let him not bask in the glow of his older brothers who had some notion of right, whereas Teddy knew only expediency. We should remember Ted Kennedy for those elements of his character that defined him best. For accusing a Supreme Court nominee of ... Cowboy Confessional http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325381/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:25:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2296454/posts Saturday, July 18th, was the fortieth anniversary of the day that Mary Jo Kopechne drowned at Chappaquiddick (an island part of Edgartown,Massachusetts) in a car driven off a bridge by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D.-Mass.). And, still, questions linger. What did Kennedy do that night? Was he intoxicated? Why wasn’t he prosecuted? The one question still pondered by political observers on all sides: did what is known universally known as “the Chappadquiddick incident” keep Kennedy from being elected President? Clearly, it did. For younger readers who know Kennedy -- now 77 and battling cancer -- primarily as the premier voice... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2296454/posts#comment Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:18:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289917/posts Link only, per FR copyright rules The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289917/posts#comment Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:09:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2281626/posts If it weren’t for the National Enquirer’s outstanding work on the John Edwards “Baby Mama” story, this new story would easy to laugh off. But nobody’s laughing. Especially Barack Obama. ... I Hate The Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2281626/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:48:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272275/posts Passers-by were shocked to see rowdy bikini-clad students struggling to stand up and vomiting at midday on a Sunday afternoon. This year for the first time in 80 years the garden party, organised by the Wyverns, an all-male Magdalene College drinking society, had to be held in a new location after officials banned students from holding the event on university land. Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272275/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:30:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254296/posts Koreans Drink 110 bottles of Beer and 74 Bottles of Soju Annually A survey has found that Korean adults drink an average of 110 bottles of beer and 74 bottles of soju annually. The survey also reveled that the export of Korean alcoholic beverages rose 23 percent from last year. The National Tax Service announced that the total consumption of alcoholic beverages in Korea amounted to 3.39 million kiloliters last year, up 3.2 percent from 3.29 kiloliters in 2007. In terms of the type of beverage consumed, soju and beer consumption increased 4.3 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively. When converted... Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254296/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 23:54:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2237842/posts <p>Police arrested a 28-year-old Petah Tikvah man for drunk driving late Friday night after he was caught driving erratically on the highway while having sexual intercourse with a female passenger.</p> Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2237842/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:16:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230946/posts For the past 20 years, the U.S. has maintained a Minimum Legal Drinking Age of 21 (MLDA21), with little public debate about the wisdom of this policy. Recently, however, more than 100 college and university presidents signed the Amethyst Initiative, a public statement calling for "an informed and dispassionate public debate over the effects of the 21-year-old drinking age." SNIP Our research compares traffic fatality rates in states before and after they changed their MLDA from 18 to 21. In contrast to all earlier work, however, we examined separately the impact in states that adopted an MLDA21 on their own... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230946/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:05:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211709/posts Having a supportive social network enhances the health benefits of having a few drinks, new research from Japan suggests. The study of Japanese men years found that moderate to light alcohol consumption, coupled with high levels of social support, were linked to lower rates of heart disease and stroke. “But remember,” Dr Hiroyasu Iso from Osaka University noted in a statement, “this beneficial effect of social support is confined to light-to-moderate drinking. Heavy drinking is risky irrespective of social support level.” In a report in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, the researchers note that light to moderate drinking... Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211709/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:12:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2204319/posts SALEM — It's hard to imagine a less likely place for three college students to do some underage drinking than the parking lot of a police station. But that's exactly what three Salem State College students were caught doing early Saturday morning. Now they'll spend the next six months on unsupervised probation, after admitting they were sharing a bottle of rum right outside the Salem police headquarters on Margin Street. "You guys picked a great place to drink," Judge Richard Mori told them in Salem District Court yesterday. It all started when Thomas McCarthy, 18, of 115 Weatherly Drive; Wayne... Salem (MA) News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2204319/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:16:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193279/posts CBS News Coverage of the Presidential Address to the Joint Session of Congress9:00pm - 10:00pm President Obama outlines challenges facing the nation and lays out his priorities for meeting them in an address delivered in the House chamber before… CBS 3 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193279/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:37:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168104/posts The Inauguration Day 2009 Drinking Game Drink Every Time Someone Says: “Historic” “Monumental” “Kennedy” “Lincoln” “Change” (as a noun) “Most anticipated inauguration in history” The name of a celebrity who thinks their opinion matters. Drink Every Time: Joe Biden’s hairplugs are awkwardly noticeable. You see Oprah crying. W glances at his watch. You see a mediocre looking chick with political aspirations in the crowd. Chris Matthews appears to get a boner. You see Obama’s face on a t-shirt. A white guy pretends to know the words to a Black Eyed Peas song. Keith Olbermann comes off as a smug, pretentious... Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168104/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:52:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163594/posts Drew University, like many colleges, is working harder to deter underage drinking, but that didn't stop students younger than 21 from drinking heavily at campus parties Labor Day weekend. "The parties are in dorms, on top of buildings, wherever people find an ample place where they're not going to be bothered," said 18-year-old Dean Shtainhorn of Millburn, who admitted to experimenting with alcohol. The Madison campus is not unlike colleges across the country dealing with the problem of underage alcohol consumption and binge drinking. That is why Drew University president Robert Weisbuch said he joined the Amethyst Initiative, a national... star ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163594/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:49:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160707/posts Pilot Accused Of Drinking, Replaced On Port Columbus Flight Wednesday, January 7, 2009 5:52 PM Print Story E-mail Story COLUMBUS, Ohio — 10TV News learned on Wednesday that a Southwest Airlines pilot has been placed on paid leave after being accused of drinking before getting on a flight at Port Columbus International Airport. According to a Port Columbus Police report, a passenger approached the pilot on Tuesday afternoon, saying he "smelled and looked drunk," 10TV's Andy Hirsch reported. The pilot then went to a restroom and called off sick, the report said. The pilot told police that he was not... WBNS 10-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160707/posts#comment Thu, 8 Jan 2009 03:44:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2154708/posts Drinking a pint of beer or two measures of gin or vodka on a nightly basis can also have the same effect. The warning appears to conflict with other studies which suggest moderate alcohol intake can help combat heart disease. Although the link has not been definitively explained, it is thought the alcohol damages a person's DNA, making them susceptible to the risk of cancer. Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK, with more than 36,500 people diagnosed each year and 16,000 deaths. More than 3,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with liver cancer each... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2154708/posts#comment Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:29:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090484/posts THE suspected museum thief who was impaled by a sharp spike on the top of a security fence in his rectum for two hours earlier this month says he did not feel any pain because he was drunk. He denied trying to break into the museum, but claimed he had been in the museum grounds to sleep off a drinking session. Speaking from the Cambridge West home he shares with his parents and siblings, Siyanda Pasiwe, 32, said he had been drinking somewhere in town that evening. But because it was late and he was drunk, he decided to go... Daily Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090484/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:27:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089647/posts A 28-year-old Russian female, who visited Dubai on a tourist visa, and a 30-year-old male citizen of Lebanon, a salesman in a local store, were put on trial for drinking juice in a public place in the daytime during Muslim fasting. The police caught the two people red-handed at a gas station in Dubai, Emirat.ru reports with reference to Gulf News. In accordance with the Federal Penal Code of the United Arab Emirates, a public intake of food and beverages during daytime hours of the month of Ramadan is forbidden by Article 313. The article stipulates the punishment in the... Pravda http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089647/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:37:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082012/posts At age 18, an American can enlist in the military, vote, sign a contract, get married, have an operation -- hey, in California, a 14-year-old can have an abortion without telling her parents -- but he cannot buy a beer. Not legally, anyway. It makes absolutely no sense, and it is shameful that my generation, which won the right to vote at age 18, continues to infantilize people who are allowed to make life-and-death decisions on every issue, save one. We believe in rights -- except for college-age kids -- even if they are serving in the military. Enter the... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082012/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:31:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064148/posts College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus. The movement called the Amethyst Initiative began quietly recruiting presidents more than a year ago to provoke national debate about the drinking age. "This is a law that is routinely evaded," said John McCardell, former president of Middlebury College in Vermont who started the organization. "It is a law that the people at whom it is directed believe is unjust... Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064148/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:02:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055234/posts Hydrogen Is The Answer ... Uh, Isn't It? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-parker/hydrogen-is-the-answer-uh_b_115164.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055234/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 03:39:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043736/posts Chapel Hill, N.C. (AHN) -- A new study found that stopping drinking alcohol can be detrimental to one's mental health.According to the findings of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studies performed on mice who voluntarily drank alcohol for 28 days showed that when their alcohol consumption was stopped, it caused depression and a negative mood that set in 14 or more days after their systems were cleared of alcohol. This led scientist to believe that people who quit drinking, even moderate drinkers, will experience "negative mood states" days or weeks... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043736/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:30:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042471/posts A Hillsborough sheriff's deputy who said he had always wanted to spend his life in law enforcement used a Taser on his wife then held his service pistol to her head before he was arrested and held for mental evaluation, deputies say. Carlos Thomas Tanner, 38, a 10-year veteran of the sheriff's office, was arrested at his Dover home about 1:45 a.m. Monday. He is charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery-domestic violence. Tanner was taken in under the state's Baker Act because he threatened to harm himself if he were arrested, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie... Tampa (Fl) Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042471/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:24:53 GMT