Alcohol Abuse Estimates Attacked

Alcohol abuse estimates attacked
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THE alcohol industry is responding to stricter controls on drinking by using a New Zealand economist to challenge estimates that abuse is costing the nation $ 15 billion a year.
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Industry attacks alcohol abuse research
Filed under: Alcohol Abuse

In the face of calls for measures to counter grog abuse, the alcohol industry is financing an academic critique of 'nanny state' measures, importing a New Zealand economist who challenges a $ 15 billion estimate of the annual cost of alcohol abuse in Australia.
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Kenyan Officials: Alcohol Abuse Is National Catastrophe
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NAIROBI, Kenya — The World Health Organization says about 2.5 million people die annually, and many more succumb to illness and injury, as a result of harmful alcohol use. The WHO also says that alcohol increasingly is affecting younger generations and drinkers in developing countries. Kenya is one such country that is experiencing these negative repercussions from alcohol abuse. In a 2011 …
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