KUOW Newsroom WA lawmakers push stricter .05 DUI limit amid record road deaths "When your blood alcohol content reaches .05, medical experts tell us that your reaction times and your ability to make critical decisions is about 40% worse than when you have a blood alcohol content of zero. When you are at .08, it's something like 160% worse."
Soundside Starting 2023 off alcohol-free with 'Dry January' We're in the second week of a new year, and it's time to check in on all those New Year's resolutions. For many people, giving up alcohol is at the top of the list.
KUOW Newsroom Not your father's 'near beer': Northwest craft brewers rethinking drinking with nonalcoholic quaffs Half a dozen Pacific Northwest craft breweries are diversifying into making nonalcoholic beer. But instead of brewing bland and watery "near beer," they're injecting quality and variety into a space that used to be dominated by a few national brands. A swelling customer base is lapping it up.
KUOW Newsroom Their son died in a hazing incident at WSU. They've since worked to change Washington's laws around hazing ‘One question that I ask myself over and over again since that night is what if just one of those young men had been trained to recognize hazing and had said no, had intervened or called for help?’
New Study Says Nearly 3/4 Million Cancers A Year Linked To Alcohol Use Most people don't realize alcohol consumption can cause cancer. A report in Lancet Oncology shows how big a risk factor it is for esophageal, mouth, larynx, colon, rectum, liver and breast cancers.
KUOW Newsroom Pouring mommy wine culture down the drain: Online group offers support "I would make these promises to myself, 'I'm going to cut back,' or 'I'm not going to drink today.' Then I would find myself continuously breaking them. The guilt and shame that went along with that was just such a dark place to be."
Forget Ride Hailing. Uber Wants To Be Your One-Stop Shop For Everything During the pandemic, Uber has doubled-down on delivery services while its ride-hailing business plummeted. The strategy appears to be working so well it could outlast the health crisis.
Alcohol Helps Americans Survive A Long Election Night Americans found comfort in wine, liquor and beer while waiting for the election results, according to an online delivery company. Its Election Day sales were up about 68% compared to recent weeks.
Americans Are Drinking 14% More Often During Pandemic, Study Finds The study compared drinking habits of adults age 30-80 with their habits a year earlier. The study found the increase is most pronounced among women, for whom days with heavy drinking spiked by 41%.
Chehalis Tribe opens distillery after overturning centuries-old prohibition A new distillery will soon begin making whiskey, vodka and gin on Chehalis tribal land in southwest Washington state. It's the first legal, Native-owned distillery to open on tribal land in the nation. The Chehalis Tribe's effort to diversify its economy by joining the craft spirits boom had to first overcome a nearly two century old prohibition on liquor production in Indian Country.
