Ahhh, they grow up so fast, dont they?

An Indiana woman was arrested Wednesday on charges she gave her 11-year-old daughter alcohol and marijuana as a birthday gift, according to reports.

Davita Fuller, 26, of Anderson, Ind., has been charged with one felonious count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after cops alleged the woman offered beer and pot to her daughter and three of her friends during a birthday party on Feb. 1, according to reports.

Fuller’s daughter accepted the invitation, according to eyewitnesses.

“They saw her tip the alcohol beverage up and they saw her inhale what they described as a blunt,” said Det. Joel Sandefur of the Anderson Police Department.

Fuller told police that she was smoking pot and drinking beer with her adult friends at the party, but denied giving them to her daughter, police said.

“This is something we’re not going to tolerate,” Sandefur said.

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL — Investigators say a woman accused of drunk driving had a case of beer buckled up safely, and a one year old girl sitting in the backseat without a seatbelt or car seat.

On Super Bowl Sunday, a deputy saw a car drive through a red light and swerve back and forth over the center lane on U.S. 1 South.

The deputy stopped the car.

Investigators say the woman, who identified herself as Tina Williams, smelled of alcohol.

According to the report, Williams told the deputy she never had a license and was running out of gas.

The deputy saw a case of Busch beer in the front seat with a seat belt around it, and a baby girl in the backseat.

When asked why the girl wasn’t restrained, Williams reportedly told the officer, “I don’t know.”

Williams told the deputy she had a few drinks. Authorities say she staggered when she got out of her car.

The deputy arrested her for DUI after she failed a field sobriety test.

Authorities also found two silver metal pipes in her purse.

Williams faces charges of driving under the influence, child endangerment, driving without a valid license running a red light and not having a seatbelt or child restraint.

(isnt that the point?)

Young people are binge-drinking at an increasingly early age, with serious consequences for health and crime, according to new research.

A poll of youngsters involved in a national youth programme found 42% started drinking before they were 13, with 29% saying they drink to get drunk.

The national poll questioned 1,250 10 to 19-year-olds involved in the Government-funded Positive Futures programme, which offers sport and vocational programmes to disadvantaged young people.

Half (50%) said they had been involved in fighting or aggressive behaviour as a result of drinking, and a quarter (24%) had been in trouble with the police. Other effects differed in relation to gender, with one in three young females admitting to greater sexual irresponsibility and young males reporting higher levels of vandalism.

One fifth (18%) had experienced memory loss and the same amount had taken another drug while drinking. Half claimed their parents condoned or did not care about their drinking, and 42% knew family and friends with alcohol-related problems.

Just over half (52%) bought alcohol from a local corner shop, off licence or supermarket, and up to 44% drank it in their park, street or elsewhere in their housing area. But the poll also found 46% thought sports and other positive activities would reduce alcohol-related crime and anti-social behaviour.

Clare Checksfield, the chief executive of Crime Concern, which manages the Positive Futures programme, said: “When young people are drinking young, then prevention work has to start early too. Now is the time to act.

“We need to tackle a wider drinking culture and together make certain that parents and peer groups are involved. Young people are taking risks with their health and with their future by getting involved in alcohol-related violence.”

She added: “We need to build on the Positive Futures model of developing strong relationships with young people based on trust, and try to reach out to as many young people as possible.”

Vernon Coaker, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime Reduction, said: “Alongside tough, systematic enforcement of the law we are working with local authorities and schools to educate young people about alcohol harm at an early stage. A major research programme currently under way will develop this work further and identify what makes the biggest impact on the young. This research will help to shape the future direction of drug and alcohol education across the country.”

On August 6th 2007, Mark Gagliardi drank a bottle of Scotch…
And then discussed a famous historical event.

That night history was made…Drunk History

Researchers in Germany say that a cancer-fighting substance found in hops could be enhanced to brew a special anti-cancer beer.

The discovery could lead to healthier beers and food supplements.

One day when you hold up a glass and say, “To your health,” you would actually be toasting a triumph of the brewer’s art over disease.

The preliminary studies indicate xanthohumol, found in hops, inhibits a family of enzymes that can trigger the cancer process, as well as help the body detoxify carcinogens, according to the science newswire Ivanhoe.

“It’s very healthy. I think the ingredients in the beer are very good,” says Dr Werner Back, a brewing technology expert at the Technical University of Munich.

Xanthohumol contains more powerful antioxidants than vitamin E and some studies indicate it helps reduce oxidation of bad cholesterol, the newswire reported.

“Xanthohumol has been shown to be a very active substance against cancer,” says Dr Markus Herrmann, also of Munich. “It comes in small sticky beads, which you find within the hops.”

Hops have always been known to possess medicinal properties and are used in herbal medicines as a muscle relaxant. Other compounds found in hops are potent phytoestrogens. Scientists say these compounds could ultimately help prevent post-menopausal hot flashes and osteoporosis.

Now scientists have discovered hops contain xanthohumol, a powerful antioxidant.

“It comes in small, sticky beads, which you find within the hops,” says Herrmann.

Xanthohumol shuts down enzymes called cytochromes P-4; they can activate the cancer process. It also helps the body detoxify carcinogens, stopping tumour growth at an early stage.

Preliminary studies at Oregon State University show that xanthohumol can kill breast, colon, ovarian, and prostate cancers, the newswire reported.

But don’t toast your health too soon. The German researchers warn that it would take 60 regular beers to equal the amount of xanthohumol researchers are able to brew in this one beer.

That’s why scientists are now working on ways to give all beers higher levels of Xanthohumol, and even find ways to add it to other foods, like chocolate.

And they say, just like chocolate – the darker the beer, the better it is for you.