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New Pennsylvania Law May Help Curb Alcohol Deaths
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Underage drinking and binge drinking usually coincide. The reason being that teenagers think it’s “cool” to drink, they haven’t been taught about what binge drinking is, and they can’t buy alcohol so when they get their hands on it, they want to consume as much as possible. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) conducted a survey that showed the following:

VIDEO: People We Lost in 2011 Due to Alcohol Poisoning
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2011 is ending, and a new year is beginning.  This year was one of many losses due to alcohol-related deaths.  There were many college students who lost their lives cause of school hazings, binge drinking, and drunk driving.  We also lost famous faces cause of alcohol poisoning like Amy Winehouse and Jani Lane.  Many adults around the world did as…

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Which is More Dangerous: Alcohol or Marijuana?
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There are tons of Tumblr posts asking which is more dangerous – alcohol or marijuana? The National Institute on Drug Abuse published a study that shows alcohol is far deadlier than marijuana.  WACH Fox wrote that  “According to the study, if the average person drinks 10 times what they would…

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WHO Reports Shows 2.5 Million People Die of Alcohol-Related Deaths
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[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"]Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption ... Read More
Woman Dies With Alcohol Level of 6 Times the Drink-Drive Limit
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A middle-aged woman who battled alcohol addiction died on a friend’s floor when she slept over for the night. Tracey Harmer, of Glovers Lane, stayed at the home of Betty Gain in Calgary Road but was found dead next morning. An inquest held at Hastings Law Court revealed she died of “fatal toxicity” on Thursday September 9 with alcohol levels of 519 mcg per 100ml of blood – approximately six times the drink-drive limit. A report from her GP,…

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[Canada] More Private Liquor Stores, More Alcohol Deaths
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(Reuters Health) - When British Columbia partially privatized alcohol sales in 2002, the number of privately-owned liquor stores in the Canadian province quickly rose. And that may have…

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