Heavy Drinking Alcoholism in the News

I downed paint stripper to get high: Recovering alcoholic, 50, couldn't stop …
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After decades of heavy drinking she had to cut down rather than stop drinking suddenly and got support with group therapy, counselling and voluntary work organised by WCADA. Then last year Jackie, who has been re-united with her sons since going …
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Alcoholic liver disease on the increase in young women
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Setting a minimum alcohol unit price would reduce deaths and cut hospital admissions among heavy drinkers but have almost no impact on those who drink moderately, a British study has found. Fixing the minimum price to 45 pence (82¢) per unit would …
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State liquor commission urges bar-entry age at 21
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Morris said the governor has urged the board to rein in underage drinking. He said he and Cahill, the commission's two newest members, have taken a tough approach, arguing for heavier fines and suspensions for repeat offenders. … A campus-community …
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3000 alcohol-related deaths since 2002
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Health Minister Edwin Poots is considering imposing a minimum price on cheap alcohol to protect young people, and doctors have warned of the health dangers of binge drinking. A total of 2,849 people, two-thirds of them men, died from 2002 to 2012, …
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