Alcohol
That's Bottled Water, Not Beer, Officer: A Ridiculous Arrest Yields a $200,000 Settlement
One University of Virginia student's mistreatment at the hands of state regulatory agents has come to a just end.
Walmart Won't Sell Beer to Dad With Teen In Tow
Walmart cashier prevents 57-year-old man from buying alcohol because he might share it with his teen daughter. And this isn't an isolated incident.
Bill Lets Underage Brewers Taste Wine, But They Have To Spit It Out
It may be gross, and it may be slight, but progress is progress.
How Not to Legalize a Drug
Yanking alcohol back out of the black market left America with a wicked Prohibition hangover.
Can Cannabis Cut Car Crashes?
If more pot smoking means less drinking, legalization could make the roads safer.
The Hijacking of Sobriety by the Recovery Movement
Sobriety isn't an abstinence fixation; it's about having purpose
Uncle Sam's Drinking Game
The federal government's definition of excessive alcohol consumption mixes medicine with moralism.
Mass. Law Pretty Much Locks Brewers into Perpetual Contracts with Distributors, Says Local Brewery Owner
It's like pre-free agency baseball, critics say
George Washington: Boozehound
Prodigious alcohol consumption by Washington and his fellow founding fathers has been whitewashed from American history.
Britain Trips Up and Props Up Its Declining Pubs
Market forces and regulations are hurting Britain's traditional pub culture. Ergo, the need for regulations to help save them.
Government Says You Can't Overcome Addiction, Contrary to What Government Research Shows
Why does the National Institute on Drug Abuse contradict its own research?
Pot Prohibitionists Can't Handle the Truth
Obama's observation that marijuana is safer than alcohol exposed a central myth underlying support for the war on drugs.