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It’ll interest you to know there’s new legislation in NYC… According to new reports, bars in the city can no longer refuse alcohol to pregnant women. This past Friday, the New York City Human Rights Commission released new guidelines to “eliminate discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace and out in public.”  PEOPLE reports: “Unlawful […]

According to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, dangerous alcohol consumption was responsible for 3.3 million deaths worldwide in 2012. “This actually translates into…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — White Castle, a 90-year-old hamburger chain known for its square “slider” burgers, is sipping on the idea of offering alcoholic beverages as it tests beer and wine sales at a restaurant in Indiana. SEE ALSO: Dutch TV Hosts Eat Each Other’s Flesh The food famously craved by stoners in the 2004 […]

After news station KPHO first reported on teen girls use of alcohol soaked tampons to get drunk, several news outlets have questioned the report. Some have called the report a continuation of an urban myth, but KPHO stands by their story and Reason Magazine has found several cases of vodka soaked tampons. See also: Is Casper […]

Martin Silver, the owner of Georgi Vodka — the largest vodka brand in New York state — is calling for the liquor industry and bars around the nation to engage in a 30-day boycott to teach Sean “Diddy” Combs a lesson after Combs attacked a man for not drinking his Ciroc brand of vodka. A […]

PORTLAND-According to witnesses, Robert Vietze peed on an 11-year-old child while intoxicated during a flight from Portland, Oregon to New York City. The New York Post reports: “I was drunk, and I did not realize I was pissing on her leg,” the 6-foot-4, 195-pound Vietze said, according to law-enforcement sources. He later claimed to have […]

Alcohol ranks “most harmful” among a list of 20 drugs — beating out crack and heroin — according to study results released by a British medical journal.

A drink or two may lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study shows.