NEWSBRIEFS	TOPICS Alcohol
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• September - October 1998
  • Binge Drinking Persists on College Campuses But AlcoholAbstinence Increasing, Says Harvard Study; Congress Waives Privacy in Alcoholand Drug Cases
  • Attitudes About Alcohol's Effects on Sexually RiskyBehavior Effect Such Behavior, Says New Study
     
• May - June 1998
  • Students Riot in Response to Alcohol Crackdown; Alcohol and Drug Arrests Rise on College Campuses
     
• February 1998
  • College Administrators Combat Student Drinking
  • Alcohol Is the Most Common Drug of Rape Victims

• January 1998
  • Designated Driver Campaign Working, Says Inventor
  • DWI Laws Reducing Child Deaths, Says CDC
  • Drunken Driver, After 18th Conviction, Ordered To Move Within "Easy Walking Distance" of Liquor Store
  • Judge Sentences Teen Drunk Driver to Carry Picture of His Victims
     
• November - December 1997
  • Alcoholics "Drying Out" May Risk Brain Damage, Say British Researchers
     
• September - October 1997
  • Physician Advice Reduces Alcohol Consumption, Says New Study
  • Texas Panhandle Embraces Alcohol Prohibition
     
• August 1997
  • Wine Industry Proposal to Claim "Health Effects" On Labels Is Opposed by HHS and AMA
  • Test-Marketing of "Alcopops" Prompts Accusations of Targeting Juveniles
    

• May - June 1997
  • "Temperance Movement" Growing in Fraternity Houses, Says LA Times
  • CU Students Riot Over Underage Drinking Crackdown
  • Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty For Drunk Driver; Death Rejected by North Carolina Jury
  • Significant Drinking Among Pregnant Women Reportedly Increases 400% in 4 Years
  • Hemp Beer Now Available From Maryland Brewery
     
• December 1996
  • Liquor Industry Ends Its Ban on TV and Radio Advertising
     
• April 1996
  • Alcoholics Need Five Years of Sobriety to Be Considered Free of Relapse, Study Says
     
• January 1996
  • Clinton Signs "Zero Tolerance" Teen Drinking and Driving Legislation
  • Alaska Town Ends Alcohol Ban
     
• September 1995
  • Double Jeopardy Argument Applied to Drinking and Driving Cases
  • Clinton Takes Hard Stance on Underage Drinking and Driving
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Reports Increase at Sixfold Rate, CDC Says
  • Study Links Alcohol Stores and Violent Crime

• April 1995
  • National Academy of Sciences Unit Suggests Harsh New Drunk Driving Laws
  • Alcohol Ads Hit the Internet
  • MADD's New Code for Alcohol Advertising

• March 1995
  • Survey Finds College Drinking Down
  • Coors' Zima Raises Rumors Among Teens

• February 1995
  • FDA Approves Drug to Curb Craving for Alcohol
  • Alcohol Tests Spur Controversy

• January 1995
  • College Student Binge Drinking Causes Problems Throughout School
  • Relation Among Alcohol, Stress, and Depression Studied
  • Drowsiness as Big a Problem as Drunkenness in Causing Highway Accidents
  • MADD Takes on Alcohol Ads
  • Alaska Town Bans Alcohol

• December 1994
  • Televised Liquor Advertising Triggers Protest Against Telemundo Network
  • Anti-Drunk Driving Politician Arrested for D.U.I.

• November 1994
  • D.C. Cracks Down on Alcohol Sales to Minors

• April 1993
  • More Than 40 Percent of Military Admit to Being Heavy Alcohol Users
  • Anheuser-Busch Will Be First to Disclose Alcohol Content in Beers
  • National Transportation Safety Board Wants to Ground Young Teens at Night

• February 1993
  • Death From Chronic Liver Disease Corresponds to Drop in Drinking
  • Moonshine Lives On in Rural St. Mary's County, Maryland