Medvedev: To Combat Alcoholism, Let’s Push Wine – Newser

Alcoholism: Medvedev: To Combat Alcoholism, Let’s Push Wine – Newser
(Newser) – In order to combat alcoholism, Dmitry Medvedev would like Russia to push people to drink more wine. That is not a joke … and neither is Russia’s battle with alcoholism. Medvedev believes that encouraging people to put down the …
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Alcoholism: Autopsy: Alcoholism contributed to death of York woman found dead in Virginia Beach jail – Daily Press
A York woman who was found dead in a Virginia Beach jail cell in July had a history of alcoholism, according to the state department of health. Jacquelynn Schwartz’s cause of death was asphyxiation from choking on her jail-issued ID bracelet …
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Alcoholism: Ronnie Wood was once taken to rehab by Damien Hirst – AZCentral.com
Ronnie Wood has revealed he was once kidnapped by Damien Hirst and taken to rehab. The Rolling Stones rocker – who has a history of alcoholism – explained he owes the artist after he “rescued” him by putting him into the back of a van and onto …
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Alcoholism: Russia – Death of a nation (full)



Since the fall of communism, Russia has been taken over by a shadowy mixture of money, mafia and nationalism. Marcel Theroux travels to remote areas normally hidden from western eyes, to find a population dying from poverty, alcoholism, disease and neglect. By 2050 Russia may have lost 50% of its population. Male life expectancy has plummeted like no time in recorded human history, now at 56. In this chaos opportunism has reached new depths. Oligarchs stole billions of dollars of assets which under Soviet times had belonged to all people. They are the new tzars, embraced by church and state. Violence and the rise of the far-right is turning Russian against Russian on the basis of ethnic origin. Drug abuse, alcoholism, suicide, abject depression flow from a people who once worked together for a better and brighter Communist future.

Alcoholism: What kind of drinker are you?
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) definition is often used. For men, it's having more than four drinks in a single day or more than 14 in a week, and for women, it's having more than three drinks in a single day or more
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