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• US: Older problem drinkers use more booze than younger counterparts

  
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  Link: http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_older-problem-drinkers-use-more-booze-than-younger-counterparts_1314872 Washington: Older people have to drink more than the younger ones in order to get the same level of high, a new study claims. Researchers at Ohio State University learnt that alcoholics over age ...
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• New Zealand: Super-strength argument

  
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  Link: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid;=10610845&pnum;=0 By Rebecca Lewis From left: Gordon Finest Platinum - 12 per cent alcohol (4.7 standard drinks), Pirate Beer Extra Forte and Morland Excalibur - both 8.5 percent alcohol (3.3 standard drinks). Photos / Doug ...
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• UK: Teenage girls driven to violence by feuds, drink and jealousy

  
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  Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/22/teenage-girls-crime-bullying-increase Tracy McVeigh Two court cases last week sparked debate about the growth of violence among young women. Here, teenagers talk about the aggression and bullying that is part of their lives Sitting on a cold concrete step by a ...
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• Older problem drinkers use more booze than younger counterparts

  
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  Washington, November 22 (ANI): Older people have to drink more than the younger ones in order to get the same level of high, a new study claims.Researchers at Ohio State University learnt that alcoholics over age 60 drink more than 40 alcoholic drinks a week on average, while people from younger age groups consume ...
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• Cirrhosis Is Nasty

  
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  Intervention The Banana Man I have seen Cirrohis up close, and I can assure you it is nasty. One of my lifelong friends and my former business partner is an alcoholic. His name is John and he promised to stay on the wagon to entice me to work with him, and it proved to be the biggest mistake of my life. He ...
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• AMA Urges Safety And Common Sense In Schoolies Week, Australia

  
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  AMA Vice President, Dr Steve Hambleton, said today that Schoolies Week is a traditional celebration for students after a tough year, but it is also a time of high health risk for young people. Dr Hambleton, a Brisbane GP, said the focus has been on preventing the risks of alcohol and binge drinking but students ...
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• UK: BRITISH PARENTS GIVE TEENAGERS CHEAP ALCOHOL AT HOME

  
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  Link: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/141319/British-parents-give-teenagers-cheap-alcohol-at-home By Jo Willey MORE than 60 per cent of Britain’s teenagers who drink alcohol do so at home, according to alarming research. And 41 per cent say they get it from their parents. British parents give ...
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• UK: Another law is not the answer to binge drinking

  
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  Link: http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2009/11/19/331006/another-law-is-not-the-answer-to-binge-drinking.html In the second of his regular columns, Peter Hancock, chief executive of luxury hotel marketing consortium Pride of Britain Hotels, argues against further changes to licensing laws and calls on ...
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• Australia: Call to lift legal drinking age above 18 and save lives

  
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  Link: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,26373798-3102,00.html?from=public_rss Anna Caldwell THERE were calls to lift the legal drinking age above 18 yesterday under plans for an Australia-wide crackdown on booze-fuelled crime. The legislative change could save thousands of lives, according to ...
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• New Zealand: Anzac blitz on drunken violence

  
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  Link: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3080899/Anzac-blitz-on-drunken-violence By JO MCKENZIE-MCLEAN Alcohol-induced violence and drug-related crime will be targeted in Christchurch as thousands of Kiwi police officers act in unison with Australian forces next month. Police forces across Australasia have ...
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• Stemming Drinking on College Game Days

  
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  A program at the University of Minnesota aims to curb binge drinking before home football games.
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• 12 Bad Habits You Should Break Right Now …

  
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  Okay, ladies! How many of you have a secret (or not-so-secret) bad habit? You know it’s bad, either because it’s unhealthy or because it’s hurtful. I know it’s hard to break bad habits, but now is the time to make a change for the better! Bad habits make it harder to keep your job and [...]
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• Co-ed dorms fuel unhealthy behaviour, sex, drinking

  
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  Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): A new study has revealed that coed dorms, which are more fun than same-sex dorm, can fuel unhealthy behaviour, sex and binge drinking.The study found that university students in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink every week, and that they are also likely to have more sexual ...
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• US: MN: On College Football Game Days, Efforts to Deter Binge Drinking

  
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  Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/sports/ncaafootball/19drunk.html By PAT BORZI Jim Gehrz/Star Tribune/ZUMA Press The University of Minnesotas BAC program checks blood alcohol content to deter excessive drinking before home football games. MINNEAPOLIS — Shortly before the kickoff of the ...
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• US: KS: Kansans smoke, binge drink less

  
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  Link: http://cjonline.com/news/state/2009-11-18/kansans_smoke_binge_drink_less By The Capital-Journal But obesity, mental health issues increase in latest health survey Kansans may be smoking and binge drinking less, but our waistlines continue to expand. So says a national study ranking the health of all ...
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• US: NJ: Somerset County announces formation of countywide drunken driving task force

  
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  Link: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20091118/NEWS/911180330/-1/newsfront/Somerset-County-announces-formation-of-countywide-drunken-driving-task-force By MICHAEL DEAK SOMERVILLE — The creation of a countywide drunken driving task force may become a new weapon to combat binge drinking and alcohol abuse ...
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• Canada: Fewer teens drinking, but 1 in 4 now bingeing, survey says

  
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  Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/fewer-teens-drinking-but-1-in-4-now-bingeing-survey-says/article1368994/ Sarah Boesveld While moderate alcohol use has dropped, cannabis and binge drinking habits among teens remain largely unchanged from previous survey Detailed Drug Report 2009OSDUHS Final ...
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• Canada: Local agencies host forum on teen drinking

  
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  Link: http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/northshoreoutlook/news/70386632.html By Kelly McManus The 2008 BC Adolescent Health Survey conducted by the McCreary Centre Society found that while early teenage drinking is decreasing, binge drinking is a high-risk behaviour for teens who try alcohol. ...
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• UK: Bid to tackle booze culture

  
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  Link: http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Bid-to-tackle-booze-culture.5833528.jp By Becky Inman A major drive to tackle health problems caused by too much alcohol is to be launched after it was made one of the countys top priorities for next year. Thousands at risk in county from binge-drinking (photo posed ...
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• UK: Grief stricken widow drank herself to death

  
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  Link: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/headlines/4747343.Grief_stricken_widow_drank_herself_to_death/ A MOTHER found dead surrounded by nine sherry bottles was mourning the death of her husband and had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse, an inquest heard. Rebecca Heels, of Margaret Road, Headington, was ...
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