On March 28, DISCUS praised the U.S.-European community agreement on trade in distilled spirits, which provided for recognition and protection for distinctive American and European spirits including Bourbon and Tennessee […]

The distillers funded a two-part television series written and produced by the American Medical Association entitled, “Understanding and Treating Alcoholism.” The program, which provided continuing medical education credits for physicians, […]

America’s leading distillers create The Century Council, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to fighting drunk driving and under age drinking.

DISCUS established the Code Review Board to implement and administer the DISCUS “Code of Good Practice” and deliberate on all complaints from every source: private citizens, public officials and advocacy […]

Distillers, through LBIC, worked with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the “Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies” campaign. The campaign, endorsed by the U.S. Surgeon General, included posters and […]

Distillers co-sponsored with the DOT the “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk” campaign to combat drunk driving and to promote the use of designated drivers. The campaign included billboard, television […]

DISCUS President Fred Meister was one of 30 Americans appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve on the Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving.

DISCUS joined other beverage alcohol industry members in creating the Licensed Beverage Information Council (LBIC), a non-profit organization with educational programs on alcohol and pregnancy, drunk driving and alcoholism.