759...Only In Utah You Say? Pity

The Deseret News has a weird story from Utah.

The Utah Highway Patrol and some local bars hope letting people practice an uncomfortable call from the local lockup will help dissuade drinking and driving.

A phone number has been set up to recreate what it would feel like to make such a call. After dialing 1-877-JAIL-FON, the caller is given the option to talk to a hysterical mother or a disapproving father, among others. A prerecorded message then plays one end of what the conversation might sound like, with the caller filling in the other half.

Slogans associated with the campaign include "Getting a DUI is easy, calling your mom from jail is hard."

Seriously, wouldn't you have like to have been at the meeting with the brainiacs that came up with that gem of an ad campaign? OMG.

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620...Alcohol In The News

Montreal is one of the world's great drinking towns. So it comes as no surprise to moi that McGill University in Montreal would be a leader in research on how alcohol affects the body.

In a study I heard on CFRA this morning and read about on Newsmax.com, McGill University researchers have determined that the more one drinks the more one's chance of getting certain cancers, esophageal, colon and lung, increases dramatically.

Esophageal went up 7o per cent with the heaviest drinkers, those who drank a minimum of 3 drinks a day over a decade. Colon went up 80 points and lung cancer 50.

Dr. Andrea Benedetti noted that casual drinkers were barely affected "It is those that drink every day or multiple times a day that are at risk."

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529...Starbucks Adding Another Drug To Menu

Caffeine will not be the only drug you can imbibe at a Starbucks store near you if the test in Seattle, Washington is successful.

A Starbucks in the west coast home of the chain is adding beer and wine to its list of mind altering drugs. Lauren Shepard of Associated Press reports that the store will be rebranded as 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea. It will open next week and will serve coffee and tea as well as wine and beer.

Uppers and downers.

Perfect.

The company said it will then open two more Seattle-area stores without the Starbucks name in new locations. If they click, next thing you know, South Keys, Square One, West Edmonton Mall.

In keeping with Starbucks pricing policies a pint of beer will be 18 dollars and a glass of wine 23.

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