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  • Comment: This is a good collection of material but could be better suited as being added to other articles. Dr vulpes (Talk) 07:38, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

This article is a complement to Draft:List of countries with minimum unit price laws for alcohol. --94.255.152.53 (talk) 22:39, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

See also: Draft:List of countries with minimum unit price laws for alcohol

Research indicates that the abundance of alcohol retailers and the availability of inexpensive alcoholic beverages are linked to heavy alcohol consumption among college students.[1] There is a lot of stigma surrounding "broke college students" though could that be caused by college students' alcoholism? It is highly doable to acquire cheaper liquor and drinks, but if students are consistently binge drinking, it can add up and weigh down their wallet. In an article, How Much College Students Spend on Alcohol, a lot of statistics are given to show how many college students drink, how much they're drinking and how much they're spending on alcohol. "80% of students drink alcohol, that's 17 million college students or 2 times the population of NYC. 50% of students who drink binge drink that's 8.5 million college students or more than the entire population of Virginia. 88% of student athletes report using alcohol. Average drinks per week: 4 drinks for female college students, 5 drinks for college freshman, 9 drinks for male college students. The average college student spends $500/year that's $42/ month on alcohol. The average undergrad is drunk for 10.6 hours a week." (White J, 2017).

Drinking establishments

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Strategies for drink specials include free beverages, multiple servings at one time to a customer, multiple servings for a single price (e.g., two-for-ones), happy hours, unlimited beverages for a fixed price or period (e.g., “all you can drink,” “beat the clock”), and increased volume without an increase in price (e.g., double shots for the price of single shots). Research has repeatedly linked drink specials to negative alcohol-related consequences. However, there is a significant gap in our understanding of how legislation limiting these promotional practices impacts such outcomes.[2]

Ladies' nights that promote discounts on alcoholic beverages may lead to increased binge drinking, which can be a safety and health hazard.

Home-made

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This is a list of alcoholic beverages that are cheap to produce that are not subject to alcohol tax.

Homebrewing

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Beer was brewed domestically for thousands of years before its commercial production, although its legality has varied according to local regulation. Homebrewing is closely related to the hobby of home distillation, the production of alcoholic spirits for personal consumption; however home distillation is generally more tightly regulated.

Homebrewing offers a cost-effective alternative to purchasing ready to drink alcoholic beverages, allowing enthusiasts to enjoy quality drinks at a fraction of the price.

Health concerns

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In certain situations, traditional methods of home brewing have made alcoholic beverages both affordable and accessible, even to young children.[3][4][5]

Recent evidence indicates rising alcohol consumption in sub-Saharan Africa, shifting from homebrewed drinks at ceremonies to increased access and marketing by commercial companies targeting youth.[6] A study in rural South Africa shows that feeling valued by the community protects rural South African adolescents from early alcohol use, while perceptions of adult anti-social behavior and homebrewed alcohol increase risk.[7]

Liquor

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Not to be confused with Moonshine.

Liquor (/ˈlɪkər/ LIK-ər) or distilled beverage is an alcoholic drink produced by the distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation. Other terms for liquor include spirit, spirituous liquor or hard liquor. While the word liquor ordinarily refers to distilled alcoholic spirits rather than beverages produced by fermentation alone,[8] it can sometimes be used more broadly to refer to any alcoholic beverage (or even non-alcoholic products of distillation or various other liquids).[9]

Health concerns

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See also: Liquor § Home-made liquor

A survey of high school students in Alstahaug, Nordland county, revealed that adolescents consume alcohol at rates above the national average, with home-made liquor being prevalent and easily accessible, highlighting an urgent need for preventive measures.[10]

Commercial

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This is a list of cheap alcoholic beverages that are legally available for sale and subject to alcohol tax.

Box wine

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Boxed wine (cask wine) is a wine sold in "bag-in-box" packaging. Traditionally, this consists of a cardboard box containing a wine filled plastic reservoir. The flow of the wine from the box is controlled by a valve.

Box wines utilize plastic bags instead of traditional glass bottles, significantly reducing production and shipping costs, which makes them a more affordable option for consumers.

Health concerns

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See also: Box wine § Health concerns

The introduction of cask wine in the late 1960s has had significant negative consequences. The Australian wine industry has benefited from favorable tax policies, which have led to a substantial increase in both domestic consumption and international exports. However, these developments have not been without drawbacks, particularly in terms of public health and social issues related to increased alcohol accessibility and consumption.[11]

Desi daru

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Desi daru (Hindi: देसी दारू), also known as country liquor or Indian-made Indian liquor (IMIL), is a category of liquor made in the countryside of the Indian subcontinent (as opposed to Indian-made foreign liquor). It is traditionally prepared by a procedure that has been passed down for centuries. Due to cheap prices, country liquor is the most popular alcoholic beverage among the impoverished people. It is fermented and distilled from molasses, a by-product of sugarcane.[12][13][14] Desi liquor is a broad term and it can include both legally and illegally made local alcohol. The term desi daru usually refers to legal alcohol while other types of country liquor (arrack and palm toddy) may be categorised as moonshine alcohol.[15]

Social issues

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See also: Desi daru § Social issues
Further information: Temperance movement in India

Country liquor, being the cheapest alcohol in India, is the mainstay alcoholic beverage for the rural population and urban poor. In rural areas, illicit country liquor has been blamed for domestic violence and poverty in the family. There have been several protests against country liquor shops/bars in villages.[16][17][18]

Adulteration
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As country liquor is cheaper than other spirits, there have been reports of mixing country liquor with Scotch/English whisky in many bars in India.[19]

If care is not taken in the distillation process and the proper equipment is not used, harmful impurities such as fusel alcohols, lead from plumbing solder, and methanol can be concentrated to toxic levels. Several deaths have been reported in India and Pakistan due to consumption of non-factory made toxic liquor.[20][21][22]

Flavored fortified wine

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Flavored fortified wine or tonic wine is inexpensive fortified wine that typically has an alcohol content between 13% and 20% alcohol by volume (ABV). They are made from various fruits (including grapes and citrus fruits) with added sugar, artificial flavor, and artificial color.

Concerns and media attention

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See also: Flavored fortified wine § Concerns and media attention

While overtaken somewhat in the low-end alcoholic drink market by sweetened malt beverages by the 1990s, the appeal of cheap fortified wines to the poor and homeless has often raised concerns:

Community groups in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland have urged makers of fortified wines such as Wild Irish Rose and E & J Gallo's Thunderbird and Night Train brands to pull their products from the shelves of liquor retailers in skid row areas. In Nashville, Tennessee, one liquor store owner told Nashville Business Journal reporter Julie Hinds that police warned him to stop selling his biggest selling product, Wild Irish Rose, because it encouraged homeless people to linger in the area.

— Janice Jorgensen, Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands: Consumable Products (1993), p. 492.

In 2005, the Seattle City Council asked the Washington State Liquor Control Board to prohibit the sale of certain alcohol products in an impoverished "Alcohol Impact Area". Among the products sought to be banned were over two dozen beers and six wines: Cisco, Gino's Premium Blend, MD 20/20, Night Train, Thunderbird, and Wild Irish Rose.[23] The Liquor Control Board approved these restrictions on 30 August 2006.[24] Two other cities in Washington, Tacoma and Spokane, also followed suit in instituting "Alcohol Impact Areas", after Seattle's example.[25][26]

Malt liquor

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Malt liquor is a type of mass market beer with high alcohol content, most closely associated with North America. Legally, it often[where?] includes any alcoholic beverage with 5% or more alcohol by volume made with malted barley.[citation needed] In common usage, it refers to beers of high alcohol content, generally above 6%, which are made with ingredients and processes resembling those for American-style lagers.

While traditional premium lager is made primarily from barley, water, and hops, malt liquors tend to make much greater use of inexpensive adjuncts such as corn, rice, or dextrose. Use of these adjuncts, along with the addition of special enzymes, results in a higher percentage of alcohol than an average beer.

Advertising

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See also: Malt liquor § Advertising

The core market for malt liquor brewers in the United States in recent decades has been the Black and Hispanic populations.[27] Brewers' use of target marketing in advertising malt liquor primarily to young, inner-city, black males has been controversial, because of the drink's higher alcohol content and the perceived vulnerability of the target audience. Brewers and advertisers have stated that they simply advertise to those who already buy their products. Critics have objected to the targeting of a segment of the population suffering disproportionately from alcohol-related disease and poor access to medical care.[28]

In order to highlight the potency of malt liquor, brand names have stressed powerful imagery such as Colt 45 (a reference to the .45 Colt handgun cartridge), Big Bear, and Power Master,[29] and used slogans such as "It's got more" or "The Real Power".[30] Power and sexual dominance have been common themes in their advertising.[29][31] Latter-20th-century television commercials for Schlitz Malt Liquor featured an 1800-lb. Brahma bull charging through walls.[32] Ads for Power Master, and the brand name itself, were eventually banned in the United States by regulations against advertising implying the strength of alcoholic beverages.[27][33][34][35]

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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has reported that African Americans suffer disproportionate rates of cirrhosis of the liver and other alcohol-related health problems. In light of such statistics, African-American community leaders and some health officials have concluded that targeting high-alcohol beverage ads at this segment of the population is unethical and socially irresponsible.[28][34] In 1991, U.S. Surgeon General Antonia Novello criticized all alcoholic beverage companies for "unabashedly targeting teenagers" with "sexual imagery, cartoons, and rock and rap music" in television and print ads.[28]

Plonk

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Plonk is a term used primarily in Commonwealth English for generally cheap, low-quality wine.[36]

Health concerns

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See also: Plonk (wine) § Health concerns

In France, where the wine industry successfully transitioned from selling inexpensive "plonk" to quality wines produced in specified regions, resulting in increased profits and a reduction in deaths from alcoholic liver disease.[37]

Waragi

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Waragi (pronounced [ˈwaɾaɡi], also known as kasese) is a generic term in Uganda for domestic distilled beverages. Waragi is also given different names, depending on region of origin, the distillation process, or both. Waragi is known as a form of homemade Gin. The term "Waragi" is synonymous with locally distilled gin throughout Uganda. However, Uganda Waragi is a particular brand of industrially distilled gin produced by East African Breweries Limited. Other brands of distilled gin which are done by individuals at small scale are also available, but they are different from each other. The most common are: 1. "Kasese-Kasese" which was originally distilled in the district of Kasese in western Uganda and sold all over the country; 2. "Arege mogo" which first originated in Lira district in northern Uganda made and sold all over the country . These two brands "waragi" have different tastes and aromas. The distillation process in both cases produce highly distilled gin at the level produced industrially.

Health concerns

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See also: Waragi § Health concerns
For moonshine in other African countries also known to cause health issues, see Changaa § Health concerns, Kumi Kumi § Health concerns, and Lotoko § Health concerns.

In April 2010, 80 people died from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome after drinking waragi adulterated with a high amount of methanol over a three-week period in Kabale District.[38][39][40] Many of the deaths were blamed on the reluctance of people to openly admit their relatives had been drinking it, allowing the abuse of the substance to continue.[39][40] When revelations came about houses were searched, with around 120 jerrycans uncovered.[40]

The death toll of 80 was arrived at after 15 people died in the period between April 23 and the weekend before.[41] Deaths in Kamwenge went from five to nine after four people died on 21 April.[41] Two people were hospitalised at Kamwenge's Ntara Health Centre IV and five were hospitalised at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital.[41]

BBC correspondent Joshua Mmali described it as "the largest number killed at one time for several years."[40]

Black market

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By contaminated moonshine

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Changaa being made
See also: List of methanol poisoning incidents

Moonshine from various countries that have been known to be contaminated:

See also

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