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Binge Alcoholic in the News

Shaq speaks out against binge drinking
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WASHINGTON — Retired NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal spoke out against binge drinking and overconsumption of alcohol on the black college campuses Wednesday. In 2012, the rapper, television analyst and recent film-school graduate joined the Century …
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Party starts early, runs late for Nebraska's binge drinkers
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According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, binge drinking is a pattern of drinking consistent with five or more drinks for a man and four or more drinks for a woman in a single sitting. On the UNL campus, liquor-related …
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Binge drinking carries huge cost
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NIH study identifies gene for alcohol preference in rats – National Institutes of Health (press release)
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NIH study identifies gene for alcohol preference in rats National Institutes of Health (press release) “This study advances our understanding of the genetics and neurobiology of alcohol consumption in an important animal model of human alcoholism,” says Kenneth R. Warren, Ph.D., acting director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism … and more »

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Fighting Addiction: National Drug, Alcohol Recovery Month emphasizes … – DVIDS
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Fighting Addiction: National Drug, Alcohol Recovery Month emphasizes … DVIDS Statistically, at least one person in every group of 12 people battled alcohol or drug addiction in 2012, according the latest results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The need for treatment recently prompted President Barrack Obama and …

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Facing society’s drinking problem – Kansas City Star
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Facing society's drinking problem Kansas City Star According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, conservative estimates of sexual assault prevalence suggest that 25 percent of American women have experienced sexual assault, including rape. About half of those cases involve … and more »

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The Beckley-Imperial Psychedelic Research Program – David Nutt

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Lowering drinking age can help promote safer habits
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More than 70 percent of teens drink by the time they reach 18, and 80 percent of college students drink, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. A Campus Health survey conducted in 2011 found that 56 percent of underage UA …
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High school binge drinking linked to sex, ethnicity, parental education
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In an accompanying editorial, Ralph W. Hingson, ScD, MPH, and Aaron White, PhD, both of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, wrote that teens who consumed 15 or more drinks were more likely to drive drunk, binge drink twice a month, …
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Drinking affects people's views on drunk driving
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Beliefs change after drinking. Funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the study was published online in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. About one-third of all fatal vehicle crashes in the United …
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GUEST ROOM: Rethinking The Drinking Age
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Not surprisingly, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, more than 70 percent of 18 year-olds have consumed at least one drink, and the average underage drinker reports having about five drinks in one setting. What we end …
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FRIENDS LAUNCH SOCIAL NETWORK FOR ALCOHOLICS
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Chronic care management does not result in increased abstinence from alcohol
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Editor's Note: This study was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.
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'Extreme' binge drinking common among teens: study
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"These findings might help explain why some consequences of underage drinking, such as hospitalizations for overdoses, are on the rise, despite general declines in binge drinking," Ralph W. Hingson and Aaron White, from the National Institute on …
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Binge Drinking Still a Problem in High School
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