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Facebook More Addictive Than Booze and Cigs? Study Says Perhaps

Quick, what's the first thing you do in the morning? Have a smoke, get some coffee, or check your Facebook updates? It would be seriously interesting to see how many smartphone users indeed wake up in bed and ... continue

Ever wondered which the drunkest state in the Union was? Now you know.

A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has some pretty disturbing numbers when it comes to the drinking, and binge drinking, in the United States. Now to be clear on what is ... continue

Drunkest Cities in U.S. Revealed

The Daily Beast has posted a revealing list of the 25 drunkest cities in the U.S., after filling up the mother of all spreadsheets with market research data. Among the stats that were analyzed, the site examined how ... continue

New Year’s Resolution To Stop Drinking Could Be Bad For Your Health [Study]

It's easy to "give up" alcohol after a night of heavy New Year's Eve drinking but experts say the "I'm gonna stop drinking" resolution could actually be detrimental to your health. Referred to by a group of researchers ... continue

Alcohol and Pregnancy Warning

When my daughter goes off to college, I'm posting this on the wall of the dorm. continue

Teenage Cigarette Smoking Down, Weed Smoking On The Rise

It seems as if the governments war on tobacco is paying dividends. After years of raising cigarette taxes, curtailing advertising, taking tobacco out of pro sports and stepped up enforcement on stores selling to minors the number ... continue

Really Expensive Bottle Of 55-Year-Old Scotch Breaks Auction Record

A 55-year-old bottle of Scotch sold at auction this week for a record breaking $72,630, the most ever paid for a single malt whiskey. Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve was created to honor Janet Sheed Roberts, the granddaughter ... continue

John Rich Kicked Off Plane For Being Drunk

John Rich was kicked off of a Southwest Airlines plane yesterday after crew members decided he was too hammered to travel from Vegas to Nashville. According to TMZ, the inebriated 37-year-old country singer was ejected from the 10:50am ... continue

Study Associates “Light Drinking” To Breast Cancer Risk

Drinking a glass of beer, sipping on some wine or having a bourbon three times a week can cause a slight increasing in breast cancer in women according to a recent study of more than 100,000 U.S. ... continue

Lindsay Lohan Sued for Not Paying $90,000 Limo Service

Elite Transportation Limo and Security Services is suing Lindsay Lohan for availing their services but not paying $90,000, including chauffeured services and private security. Reports had it that the company made attempts to resolve the issue with the ... continue

Another Child Served Booze Slushy at Chain Restaurant

I wonder why this type of thing only seems to happen at chains and not small, mom-and-pop joints? (Actually, theory unlocked.) Perhaps the chain instances are a bit more high-profile- children have gotten accidentally sauced at locations of ... continue

Addiction Treatment: A New Way To Look At An Old Problem

The ground breaking article from the NY Times, "Rethinking Addiction’s Roots, and Its Treatment" finally gets it right. After years, if not decades, of blaming the victims of drug addiction, this refreshing and important article makes the ... continue

Study: Kids With ADHD More Likely to Develop Substance Abuse Problems

Data collected from two previous studies suggests children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are far more likely to become dependent on certain substances, including alcohol, cigarettes and drugs. The studies revealed that kids with ADHD were one and ... continue

Consumerist explains booze in sippy cup chain restaurant epidemic

Okay, it's not really an epidemic, but by alarmist media standards it's practically a pandemic. An italicized pandemic. If you didn't see it in the news, there were three incidents in the past few weeks were toddlers got ... continue

Third drunken toddler story surfaces, this time at a Chicago Chili’s

"Babies Drink Free!" seems to be the order of the month at our nation's chain restaurants, with scandals erupting of toddlers inadvertently intoxicated at a Florida Olive Garden location and a Michigan Applebee's. Since the message of "you ... continue

Another toddler got drunk, this time at Olive Garden

Earlier this week, the tale of a child served a margarita in a sippy cup at an Applebee's location in Madison Heights, Michigan shocked the nation, as parents everywhere asked, "where is my margarita, and why was ... continue

Doctors conflicted about safety of light drinking during pregnancy

The subject of alcohol consumption by pregnant women is a hotly contested one, and while heavy drinking is universally discouraged, many people disagree on the implications of mild drinking. Some pregnant women look forward to a glass of ... continue

8 Jello shots that looks like art. Art that will get you loaded

I remember back in my bartender days the pride I use to take in being able to pour perfect B-52's or Sex on the Beach shots without having to use a spoon, not to mention the fact ... continue

Breaking: Drinkers live longer, proven by science!

If you're not getting your drunk on, you might want to start. Science has known for a while that drink affects lifespan in strange, variable ways. But it's now been proven that those who tend to hit the ... continue

Drinking while pregnant can reduce future fertility in a male fetus

Doctors can vary a bit in the recommendations about drinking and pregnancy. Some medical professionals say as much as a glass of wine daily is okay, while some believe there is no way to determine how much alcohol, ... continue

Drink more, weigh less?

In a study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine (that was not sponsored by Bartles & Jaymes or Anheuser-Busch) findings were published that women who "regularly consume moderate amounts of alcohol are less likely to gain weight" than ... continue

Gamers get their own wine

While gamers are commonly associated with more *cough* refined tipples such as Mountain Dew, the chaps at Woot Cellars are aiming a little higher. Available to buy now, each bottle of this Boss Monster 2007 Zinfandel will set ... continue