Alcohol Issues

Alcohol Controversies

Will Prohibition’s Repeal Soon be Completed?
Prohibition was repealed 75 years ago but many prohibition-era laws continue. Recently many of these old laws, such as Blue laws prohibiting Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages, have been eliminated because of consumer demand. But much temperance sentiment is still found in high taxes on alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, and liquor) and numerous restrictions on consumer choice.
Alcohol Consumption and Attitudes to Violence among College Students
Drinking alcohol in a pleasant social setting led to less favorable attitudes to violence among college students in two experiments, supporting evidence that the effects of alcohol on behavior are strongly affected by situational factors.
Will Prohibition’s Repeal Soon be Completed?
Prohibition was repealed 75 years ago but many prohibition-era laws continue. Recently many of these old laws, such as Blue laws prohibiting Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages, have been eliminated because of consumer demand. But much temperance sentiment is still found in high taxes on alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, and liquor) and numerous restrictions on consumer choice.
Alcohol Abuse is NOT Trivial or Funny
Some professors at Fresno State University have taken a pledge not to joke about, trivialize, or normalize alcohol abuse among college students.
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