"Health & Medical News"

By a 3-2 vote, the Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission delegated its rulemaking authority to the state legislature on several key issues, the BYU NewsNet reported on Nov. 19.

These issues include whether alcoholic beverages should be sold only in state liquor stores, and labeling requirements for malt beverages and alcohol-infused energy drinks.

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Students who earn good grades in school are less apt to use alcohol, tobacco or other drugs, according to researchers from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research.

Science Daily reported Oct. 6 that researchers studied a group of 3,000 students from about age 14 to age 22 and found that those who set an early pattern of educational achievement were less likely to smoke, drink, or take drugs.

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Some Pennsylvania bars are demanding customers’ credit-card numbers and charging them if they vomit or otherwise damage property while drinking, Washington Square News reported Sept. 25.

Groups of six or more patrons at El Azteca restaurant and bar near Pennsylvania University, for example, are required to sign a contract that includes a credit-card number as insurance against damages by drunk patrons. If any member of the party vomits on the premises, for instance, all members of the group are hit with a $50 charge.

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Researchers who studied 723 incarcerated youth found a correlation between inhalant use and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, Medical News Today reported Oct. 3.

Researchers Stacey Freedenthal and Jeffrey Jenson of the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work and colleagues found that a majority of the adolescents who had been serious inhalant users had attempted suicide at least once, and that suicidal attempts and thoughts rose in proportion with the use of inhalants.

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