Archive for ‘alcohol’

2012/03/07

Prohibition in the United States: National Ban of Alcohol

It was known as the Noble Experiment. In this video, http://www.WatchMojo.com explores the period of history known as Prohibition in the United States.

2012/02/18

India’s Illegal Alcohol Is Sold Cheap, but Carries Heavy Cost

Police in India’s West Bengal state say they have arrested a key leader responsible for distributing poisonous homemade alcohol that killed scores of people last year. Illegal alcohol is a widespread problem in India– offering short term relief from life’s hardships, but taking a heavy toll in the longer term. VOA South Asia Correspondent Kurt Achin reports.

2011/12/02

Mötley Crüe on a rock & roll lifestyle

2011/10/29

Study: Americans Get Majority Of Exercise While Drunk

Over 75% of an average American’s exercise now comes from drunkenly dancing, stealing street signs, and carrying home passed-out friends.

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2011/08/17

Lipstick as an economic indicator

2011/04/09

Alcohol Is Dynamite (1958)

An educational film from Sid Davis about the dangers of alcohol abuse.

2011/03/19

Wisconsin’s Tavern Culture

Photographer Documents Wisconsin’s Disappearing Taverns as ‘Cultural Identity’

Jo Garrett of Wisconsin Public Television reports on tavern culture, a rapidly disappearing hallmark of Midwestern community identity that one photographer has set out to document.

2011/02/21

New Zealand’s hard hitting alcohol ads

Experts warn UK alcohol death rate is more than double that of countries with similar drinking cultures. How are they tackling the issue?

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