FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A Northern Arizona University student who drank an excessive amount of vodka at a fraternity house party died of alcohol poisoning, an autopsy released Monday shows. Colin Daniel Martinez, 18, was found unresponsive Jan. 31 and couldn’t be resuscitated, the report said. His blood-alcohol level was 0.425% — more than five times … Read more
Evidence continues to mount suggesting that GLP-1 drugs may help people cut back on cigarettes, drinking and opioid use. As the medications — which include semaglutide and tirzepatide — have grown in popularity, anecdotal reports have emerged of people who said they no longer felt the urge to drink alcohol or use drugs while taking … Read more
In the battle of bars vs. liquor stores, the bars appear to be winning. New data released this week by Bank of America found that drinking at bars is on the rise even as alcohol consumption is on the decline. Alcohol spending as a share of overall expenditures sits around a roughly 40-year low, according … Read more
A Los Angeles man was sentenced to 45 days in jail and a year of probation after video showed him giving a protected juvenile hawk a sip of alcohol at a park. L.A. city resident Cesar Gustavo Diaz, 25, was sentenced by a judge on Thursday after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of … Read more