Washington, D.C. (January 15, 2020)—The Vermont Senate recently introduced legislation (S291) that would lower the legal blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) arrest level for driving from the national standard of 0.08…

Washington, D.C. (December 10, 2019)–A new study was released this week that explores the relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and cancer. The authors conclude that even moderate levels of…

Washington, D.C. (October 18, 2019)—This week Sen Tom Udall (D-NM) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) unveiled The Reduce Impaired Driving for Everyone Act of 2019—or the RIDE Act for short—which would…

Washington, D.C. (September 11, 2019)—Today, a new report was published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs that claims the revenue collected from alcohol excise taxes does not cover the financial…

Washington, D.C. (June 28, 2019)–An advocacy group recently penned a letter to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) arguing that alcohol products that…

Yesterday, legislation was introduced in the New York Senate that would lower the legal blood-alcohol limit for driving from 0.08 to 0.05 BAC—a level that can be…

Washington, D.C. (March 21, 2019)–Today, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) announced its support for lowering the legal BAC threshold from .08 to .05 in Michigan. The group says that it…

Washington, D.C. (February 27, 2019)—The American Beverage Institute strongly opposes legislation that was recently introduced in the California legislature to lower the legal blood-alcohol limit for driving from 0.08 to…

Washington, D.C. (January 29, 2019)—Today, the American Beverage Institute (ABI) announced its opposition to legislation introduced in New York that would lower the legal blood-alcohol limit for driving from the…

Washington, D.C. (December 13, 2018)—At the end of the month, Utah is set to become the first state in the country to officially lower the legal blood-alcohol limit…