On AlterNet: drinking

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "drinking"

So What Does it Mean that Studies Reveal that Moderate Drinkers Are Healthier than Teetotalers ?

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. November 28, 2011.

We all know that drinking too much can be bad for us; but did you know that drinking too little could be hazardous?

I Was a Drunk Mom

Jowita Bydlowska, Salon. November 7, 2011.

After my son was born, I told myself I was just trying to unwind. But the truth was much darker than that

American Idiocy: Binge Drinking A-OK, Zero Tolerance on Pot

David Sirota, AlterNet. September 18, 2011.

We sell college students a destructive ethos that encourages them to party hard—but only with alcohol, a substance that is far more toxic than marijuana.

So Why, Exactly, Is the Drinking Age in the US Stuck at 21 Years?

Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 6, 2011.

The arguments for keeping such an absurdly high drinking age have almost no basis. It's time to reconsider why 21 is the USA's drinking age.

11 Freedoms that Drunks, Slackers, Prostitutes and Pirates Pioneered and The Founding Fathers Opposed

Thaddeus Russell, Huffington Post and Free Press/Simon & Schuster. October 16, 2010.

What the Founding Fathers called corruption, depravity, venality and vice, many of us would call freedom.

Drinking While Brown (or Gay) in Texas Will Get You Arrested

Adam Weinstein, Mother Jones. February 25, 2010.

The nation's broadest public intoxication law gives TX cops virtually free rein to arrest anyone for drunkenness -- even if they're quietly nursing a beer in a bar.

Campus Hypocrisy: Marijuana Is Safer, But Students Are Pushed to More Dangerous Booze

Paul Armentano, Steve Fox, Mason Tvert, Chelsea Green Publishing. August 20, 2009.

The stats for death and injury tied to alcohol on campus are staggering, yet students are more harshly punished for pot -- which is far more benign.

Gasp! New Study Reveals Mothers Drink Sometimes, and Other Scandals

Jill Filipovic, Feministe. June 23, 2009.

For all the focus on telling women to never ever drink or smoke because of the babies, thereâ€™s no similar admonishment made of men.

The Longest Hangover: 23 Years as an Alcoholic

Tania Glyde, The Independent UK. February 12, 2008.

Getting plastered can only hide other problems for so long.

Does Early Alcohol Use Lead to Abuse?

Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor. September 11, 2007.

Research shows that exposure to alcohol in middle school raises the risk of social problems later in life.

Anheuser-Busch and Spykes: A dangerous lure for kids?

Philip Barron, April 9, 2007.

Philip Barron: A-B's line of alcoholic mixers may cross the line between appealing to young adults and pandering to kids.

Drinking and Rape: The Rest of the Story

Jaclyn Friedman, Women's eNews. March 6, 2007.

Blasting women with warnings about getting drunk in public does little to help them and sidesteps men's responsibility for sexual assault.