International Research Project: The More Available Alcohol Is, the More Likely That People Will Drink Heavily
International research project: The more available alcohol is, the more likely that people will drink heavily
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( Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research ) The bulk of knowledge about alcohol consumption and problems comes from high-income countries.The International Alcohol Control study was established to collect and compare data from both high- and middle/low-income countries.New IAC results show that heavy-drinking New Zealanders tend to buy cheaper, off-premise alcohol, and purchase it at later …
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Blurred Lines? Sexual boundaries are not really all that blurred
Filed under: Alcoholism
( Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research ) Sexual aggression has become a common experience in bars. New findings show that approximately 90 percent of the incidents involve male initiators and female targets.The initiators' level of invasiveness was related to intoxication of the targets but not their own intoxication.This suggests that intoxicated women were being targeted, perhaps …
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Hangovers do not seem to have much influence on the time to next drink
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( Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research ) Many people believe that hangovers can either delay subsequent drinking due to pain and discomfort, or hasten drinking to relieve hangover symptoms. A new study investigates if a hangover that follows a drinking episode can influence the time to next drink.Results indicate that hangovers appear to have a very modest effect on subsequent drinking.
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