Alcohol

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Alcohol Industry Facts

Teens and Alcohol

Facts On Drunk Driving

Alcohol and Health

Prohibition

Fun Alcohol Facts

Slang Terms Used For Alcohol

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Alcohol Industry Facts

Alcohol Industry Facts

A standard serving of drinks according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirit, 12 ounces of regular beer or 5 ounce of wine.

There was never a law that banned spirit advertisement on television. The 1948 decision not to advertise distilled spirit made by distillers was completely voluntary.

Distilled spirits television ads have been aired on Television since 1996.

More than half (approximately 51%) of what consumers pay for a bottle of spirit goes towards taxes and fees.

As of 2008, Sunday sales of spirits is permitted in 35 states and 40 states including District of Columbia are allowed to have some sort of spirit tasting on Sundays.

Approximately 110 million American drink alcohol responsibly.

Since 1934 distillers have abided by a voluntary code of good practices which includes 39 provisions for marketing and distributing alcohol. You can download the PDF version of the provisions here - Code of Responsible Practices (PDF)

Some of the first responsibility ads were We Who Make Whiskey Say: Drink Moderately (1934), Drinking and Driving Do Not Mix (1937), Some Men Should Not Drink (1938).

The beverage alcohol industry contributed over $18 billion directly to state and local revenues during 2006.

The U.S. beverage alcohol industry generated $84 billion in wages and over 3.8 million jobs for U.S. workers.

Teens and Alcohol

Teens and Alcohol

In a survey of teen drinkers, 65 percent said they got alcohol from family members or friends.

Most teens report that alcohol is easy to get including 62 percent of eighth graders, 83 percent of sophomores, and 92 percent of seniors.

In 2006, 63 percent of eighth graders reported that alcohol is fairly easy or very easy to get.

Most teens report that alcohol is easy to get including 62 percent of eighth graders, 83 percent of sophomores, and 92 percent of seniors.

Car crashes are the leading cause of death among people ages 15 to 20. About 1,900 people under 21 die every year from car crashes involving underage drinking.

Drinking drivers aged 16 to 20 are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal crash as drinking drivers who are 21 or older.

Teen drinking is down. Twenty-five percent fewer high school seniors drink today than did in 1983.

Alcohol use interacts with conditions like depression and stress, and contributes to an estimated 300 teen suicides a year.

In a 2003 survey of drinkers ages 10 to 18, 65 percent said they got the alcohol from family members or friends.

The minimum drinking age has prevented an estimated 22,000 alcohol-related driving deathsabout 900 lives a year.

Facts On Drunk Driving

Facts On Drunk Driving

In 2006, there were 13,470 fatalities in crashes involving an alcohol impaired driver (BAC of .08 or higher) 32 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year.

The rate of alcohol impairment among drivers involved in fatal crashes was four times higher at night than during the day.

As in previous years, in 2006, males comprise a majority, about 81 percent, of all drivers involved in fatal crashes with a BAC=.08+.

The 13,470 fatalities in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes during 2006 represent an average of one alcohol-impaired-driving fatality every 39 minutes.

On average someone is killed by a drunk driver every 40 minutes. In 2007, an estimated 12,998 people died in drunk driving related crashes.

Fifty to 75 percent of drunk drivers whose licenses are suspended continue to drive.

Alcohol-related crashes in the United States cost the public an estimated $114.3 billion in 2000, including $51.1 billion in monetary costs and an estimated $63.2 billion in quality of life losses. People other than the drinking driver paid $71.6 billion of the alcohol-related crash bill, which is 63 percent of the total cost of these crashes.

About three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives.

Over 1.46 million drivers were arrested in 2006 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. This is an arrest rate of 1 for every 139 licensed drivers in the United States.

A first time drunk driving offender on average has driven drunk 87 times prior to being arrested.

Alcohol and Health

Alcohol and Health

A Harvard study found the risk of death from all causes to be 21% to 28% lower among men who drank alcohol moderately, compared to abstainers.

An Italian study of 1,536 men aged 45-65 found that about two (2) years of life were gained by moderate drinkers (1-4 drinks per day) in comparison with occasional and heavy drinkers.

A nine year study of predictors of good health found moderate alcohol consumption to be associated with the most favorable health scores.

The Harvard Health Professionals Follow-Up Study of over 44,000 males found moderate alcohol consumption to be associated with a 37% reduction in coronary disease.

The American Heart Association, based on the research evidence, concludes that the Consumption of one or two drinks per day is associated with a reduction in risk of (coronary heart disease) approximately 30% to 50%.

Men who consume two to four drinks of alcohol after a heart attack are less likely to experience a second heart attack than are abstainers, according to a study of 353 male heart attack survivors

A study published in the American Heart Associations journal found abstainers risk of stroke to be double that of moderate drinkers

Moderate drinkers have been found to be more resistant than abstainers to five strains of the common cold virus. Those who consumed 2 to 3 drinks daily had an 85% greater resistance. Those drinking 1 to 2 drinks daily had a 65% lower risk and those who drank less than daily had a 30% lower risk than abstainers.

A French study found moderate drinkers to have a 75% lower risk for Alzheimers Disease and an 80% lower risk for senile dementia.

Medical researchers examined the results of 15 different studies and found that moderate drinkers are less likely to have type 2 diabetes than are abstainers.

Prohibition

The period between 1919 to 1933 was just that. It was illegal to manufacture, sell or transport alcohol as mandated in the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The 18th Amendment To The United States Constitution :

Section 1.

After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

Section 2.

The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 3.

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Prohibition (Important Dates)

1657 : The sale of strong liquor was made illegal by the General Court of Massachusetts.

1784 : People from the medical field started looking for explanation. One of the foremost physician of the 18th century, Dr. Benjamin Rush argued that excessive drinking was hazardous to physical and psychological health. However, he believe in moderation rather than prohibition.

1789 : A temperance (social movement against the use of alcohol) association was formed in Connecticut.

1800 : Similar associations such as temperance movement was formed in Virginia and another one in New York in 1808.

1840s : The prohibition of the dry movement began. Well known preacher Reverend Mark A. Matthews called liquor dispensing was similar to prostitution.

1851 : Manufacture and sale of liquor was banned in Maine.

1869 : Prohibition party was founded

1873 : Womans Christian Temperance Union was founded. Despite the name this association didnt call for temperance or moderation, the union actually promoted prohibition.

1881 : Kansas outlawed alcoholic beverages in its constitution and became the first state to do so. Carrie Nation, a member of temperance movement started going to the bars destroying bottles of alcohol with a hatchet and scolding customers at the saloon in Kansas for buying and consuming alcohol.

1890s : The temperance movement started gaining widespread recognition

1893 : Anti-Saloon League was founded in Oberlin, Ohio.

1895 : Anti-Saloon League grew rapidly and became a national organization. Soon it was the most powerful prohibition lobby in America

1905 : Three American states had already outlawed alcohol

1912 : By this time alcohol was outlawed in nine states

1917 : The 65th Congress convened in which the Democratic dries outnumbered the wets by 140 to 64 and 138 to 62 among Republicans. A resolution calling for an amendment to accomplish nationwide Prohibition was introduced in Congress and passed by both houses in December

Prohibition (Important Dates)

1919 : The amendment was ratified by thirty six of the forty eight states. On October 28 the amendment was supplemented by the Volstead Act (Named after Andrew Volstead, who reinforced the prohibition of alcohol in the United States of America)

1920 : Prohibition began on January 16 when the 18th Amendment went into effect. Special law officers known as Federal Prohibition Officers were asked to enforce the law

1921 : Congress held hearings on the medicinal value of beer and physicians across the country lobbied for the repeal of prohibition since the law prohibited medicinal liquors as well.

1933 : On March 23rd President Franklin Roosevelt signed an amendment to the Volstead Act known as the Cullen-Harrison Act, allowing the manufacture and sale of 3.2 beer (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines. After signing he made the famous remark I think this would be a good time for a beer. The Cullen-Harrison Act became law on April 7th.

December 5th,1933 : The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed on December 5, 1933 with ratification of the Twenty-first AmendmentThe Twenty-First Amendment to The United States Constitution

Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

Section 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Fun Alcohol Facts

The word toast, which means wishing good health originated in ancient Rome. A piece of toasted bread was literally dropped into wine back then.

The soil of one of the vineyards in France is considered so precious that it is mandatory for workers to scrape the soil off their shoes before they leave.

Anyone under the age of 21 should be careful of taking out trash bags in Missouri. If you are under 21 and the garbage contains an empty bottle of alcohol, you can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol.

Most people think that drinking alcohol raises the body temperature. Alcohol actually lowers the body temperature.

Here is a little surprise : The national anthem of United States The Star Spangled Banner, was written to the tune of a drinking song.

Although The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog is considered to be the shortest sentence that includes all the letters of the alphabet, alcohol lovers came up with one of their own Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

Most vegetable and almost all fruits contain a small amount of alcohol in them.

The first Thanksgiving Day didnt include mashed potatoes, turkey and all other foods that we usually eat on this particular day. However, there was beer, brandy, gin and wine.

Bourbon, the official drink of United States takes its name from Bourbon County in Kentucky.

The pressure in a champagne bottle is 90 pounds per square inch, that is three times the pressure in automobile tires.

Fun Alcohol Facts

Adolf Hitler was one of the worlds best known abstainers from alcohol.

Sir Winston Churchill was one of the worlds heaviest drinkers.

The longest permanent bar is 405 feet and 10 inches. It is located in Ohio. Some suggest that the longest bar is in Illinois which is 684 feet.

The first recruiting station of the U.S. Marines was a bar.

The worlds oldest known recipe is for beer.

It is illegal to run a tab in Iowa (source that we used says running a tab in Iowa is illegal. Iowa residents say it is legal. We will go with Iowa residents and rule this one out)

United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the entire world.

The alcohol content of a typical beer, wine or spirits are virtually identical. To a breathalyzer, a drink is a drink is a drink.

Brandy, rum and whisky can be either aged too long or not long enough.

It is estimated that there are 49,000,000 (forty-nine million) bubbles in a bottle of champagne.

Human body produces its own supply of alcohol naturally, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Beer started selling in bottles starting 1850 and in cans starting 1935.

In the 1600s thermometer used to be filled with brandy instead of mercury.

The term Dipsomania refers to abnormal cravings for alcohol.

There is a cloud of alcohol in the outer space which is enough to make four trillion-trillion drinks.

It is illegal to feed alcohol to Moose in Alaska and fish in Ohio.

Slang Terms Used For Alcohol

Booze : Booze is a slang for alcoholic beverage.It is one of the most widely used slang for alcohol.

Porch Climber : A Canadian slang, Porch climber refers to someone who is extremely drunk or in the state of intoxication.

Do It Fluid : Alcoholic beverages are often referred to as Do it fluid as well. Another slang term for alcohol.

Giggle juice : Giggle juice is a collective term for any alcoholic beverage that has the ability to instigate frivolity or laughter.

Fire water : Alcohol that is so strong it burns on the way down. Whiskey is mostly referred to as fire water by many.

Hooch : Hooch is a slang term that is usually refers home-made liquor.

Junkst : If you are tight on money this is what you might end up drinking. Junkst is a slang for cheap alcohol.

Beast : Surprisingly the word beast is a slang term for any cheap beer. This slang originate from the beer Milwaukees Best.

Hammered : A word used to define someone who is intoxicated beyond drunk.

Tanked : A informal way of saying someone is excessively drunk.

Wasted : One of the most widely used slang to describe ones drunkeness.

Plastered : Same as wasted. Heavily under the influence of alcohol.

Canned : Although this word is used to define other situations such as getting fired among many, it is often used to describe alcohol intoxication.

Slang Terms Used For Alcohol

Three sheets to the wind : This old saying indicating how a person walk after having too much to drink originated in New England.

Barfly : Slang used to describe a female who acts slutty at a bar looking for attention.

Chugging : A word that is used to define power drinking or loading up on alcohol.

Chugging : A word that is used to define power drinking or loading up on alcohol.

Boozehound : Someone who likes to drink alcohol to quite an extent.

Housed : Extremely drunk.

Wet ones whistle : To consume a beverage of some sort to clean ones pallet.

Souse : Not spouse ;-) . A person who drinks copious amounts of liquor.

Boozy : Someone who drinks past the point of being tipsy but is not quite drunk.

Juiced up : Similar to hammered, wasted, etc. Someone who is drunk.

Crocked : An informal way of saying someone is drunk.

yak : Cognac is often referred to by some as Yak.

Source

Discus : www.discus.org

Don't Serve Teens : www.dontserveteens.gov/

Madd : www.madd.org

Alcohol Alert : www.alcoholalert.com

Alcohol Problems and Solutions : potsdam.edu/hansondj/alcoholandhealth.html

Wikipedia : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States

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