Drinking

For just about anyone from Louisiana, we've all got at least one Mardi Gras horror story. If this will be your first Mardi Gras, or if you just need a refresher course like I do, below are a handful of survival tips to help you have the best Mardi Gras ever.

You can finally stop pretending that bottle of Pedialyte is for the child in your life.

Red Bull mixed with vodka is one of the most popular drinks in bars and nightclubs.

According to the city council, drinkers can now join the smokers on the streets of Abbeville.

It turns out that the mainstay of Louisiana alcoholic consumption, the go-cup, is welcome in a few other places.

State Senator Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte has proposed a bill that would allow 18 to 20-year-olds to buy and consume alcohol if they obtain a certificate.

No, I am not a professional counselor. No, I did not go to school for psychology. No, I do not know the person who threw the beer. I am just an embarrassed Cajun.

It's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus.

32-year-old Ashley Deshotels was charged with child endangerment and disturbing the peace by intoxication Tuesday.

Does a group environment tend to make us feel the effects of alcohol faster? Researchers are using crawfish to find out. Talk about the irony of a situation.