Washington, D.C. (August 13, 2020)–Today, the American Beverage Institute (ABI) submitted formal comments advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Health and Human Services to maintain the current dietary recommendations…

Washington D.C. (February 5, 2020)—Today, Hawaii lawmakers will discuss lowering the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for driving from 0.08 to 0.05 in the state. This 40 percent reduction will…

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…