Category Archives: Alcohol Policy

Florida A&M Law Grad Wins Alcohol Policy Essay Contest

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Joel Whitaker

Roni Elias, a recent graduate of Florida A&M University College of Law, is the winner of Center for Alcohol Policy‘s Eighth Annual Essay Contest. The national essay contest is intended to foster debate, analysis and examination of state alcohol regulation. … Continue reading →

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National Archives Exhibit Highlights Nation’s Two Views

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Joel Whitaker

Who knew? There’s more to see at the National Archives in Washington than the original Declaration of Independence and the original U.S. Constitution. A terrific exhibit opening today — weather permitting — features a number of exhibits from the Archives’ … Continue reading →

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CDC’s Budget to Control Infectious Diseases Slashed 75%, But Its Anti-Alcohol Programs Continued Full Strength

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

Infectious diseases or a jihad against alcohol. It shouldn’t be hard to figure out where government should put its money. But in the “restricted budget environment in which our government operates today, funding to meet these pandemics has fallen” to … Continue reading →

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How FDA’s Spent Grains Plan Fuels Contempt for Gov’t

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

Media coverage continues to heap scorn on the Food & Drug Administration for its proposal to regulate the disposal of spent grains by breweries.  The Beer Institute says the proposal will subject brewers to “onerous” and unnecessary regulation.  Latest example … Continue reading →

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Beer Became Legal Today – April 7, 1933

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

At 12:01 a.m., Friday, April 7, 1933, beer became legal again after 13 long years of Prohibition.  No more need for nasty home brew. In St. Louis, crowds had gathered outside the city’s two breweries.  Some 25,000 were outside Anheuser-Busch … Continue reading →

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TTB Played Key Role in Proving Sweden’s 3000-Year Drinking Tradition

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Joel Whitaker

Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau played a key role in research proving Scandinavians were drinking alcohol beverages more than 3,000 years ago. TTB’s alcohol laboratory provided concrete evidence of an early, widespread and long-lived Nordic grog tradition, as … Continue reading →

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