Tag: binge drinking
Back-to-School Season Most Dangerous Time for Binge Drinking
While the first few weeks of the school year can be some of the most exciting for college...
Raising Taxes on Alcohol May Reduce Binge Drinking
A study recently published in Addiction indicates that raising taxes on beer, wine, and liquor may decrease rates...
Do Energy Drink Cocktails Make You More Likely to Drive Drunk?
Cocktails that mix energy drinks and alcohol are very popular, but past research has found that the caffeine...
Study: Binge Drinking Affects Young Adults’ Immune Systems
Think the worst thing you’ll get from a night of hard drinking is a hangover? Think again. New...
Drinking Game #NekNominate Goes Viral on Social Media
From reading updates from friends and family to watching cute cat videos, Americans spend on average over 3...
Blackout Wednesday lives up to its name: Binge drinking and drunk driving spike on Thanksgiving Eve
Looking forward to scoring mega deals on Black Friday? You have to make it through Blackout Wednesday first....
Does Four Loko Promote Binge Drinking? FTC Orders Maker to Clean Up Alcohol Content Labeling
Phusion Projects, LLC, the makers of the malt beverage drink Four Loko, has been ordered by the FTC...
Top 12 of 2012: CDC Report on Binge Drinking, Relationship to Impaired Driving
As part of Impaired Driving Prevention Month, Sobering Up is taking a look back at the year’s Top...
College Binge Drinking: Is Drastic Alcohol Experimentation Widespread?
Last weekend, fraternity brothers at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville had to rush one of their members to the...
29 Million in U.S. Admit Driving Drunk in 2011
On Monday the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released results from the 2011 National Survey...