One-third of Americans abuse alcohol Posted: 1 year ago by DrNothing
Nearly one in three Americans abuse or become dependent on alcohol over the course of their lives, and most never seek treatment, according to a study published on Monday.
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Does the Alcohol Breath Analyzer Serve A Socially Useful Purpose? Posted: 2 years ago by stas
Drinking alcohol is a social custom that has been around since the early days of man. However the difference with today’s alcoholic drinking by comparison to that of say just 200 years ago relates to the scale of damage someone under the influence of alcohol can inflict on their local community when driving behind the wheel of a car. Being drunk and picking a fight is one thing, being drunk and mowing down an innocent pedestrian quite another. So does the alcohol analyzer have a place in today’s drunken driving conscious world?
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Why Don't The French Get As Fat As Americans? Americans Eat Until The TV Show Is Over Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
Because they use internal cues -- such as no longer feeling hungry -- to stop eating, reports a new Cornell study. Americans, on the other hand, tend to use external cues -- such as whether their plate is clean, they have run out of their beverage or the TV show they're watching is over.
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Alcohol, Caffeinated Energy Drinks Dangerous Mix, Study says Posted: 1 year ago by wags273
College students that mix alcohol with caffeinated energy drinks are at higher risk for alcohol-related injuries than students who drink regular cocktails, according new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
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Poisonous alcohol kills 27 in Pakistan Posted: 1 year ago by darlingluna
So what's the proof? Are they just making rubbing alcohol!?
The victims were labourers who lost consciousness after buying the alcohol on Thursday.
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Who Uses and Abuses Drugs and Alcohol? Posted: 3 months ago by karenben
U.S. Government survey shows patterns of illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco use.
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Finland to introduce warnings on alcohol Posted: 1 year ago by DemureArt
Finland will introduce health warnings on bottles of beer, wine and liquor, following reports that alcohol has become the country's biggest killer.
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The More Alcohol You Drink - The Smaller Your Brain Volume Posted: 2 months ago by karenben
The more alcohol an individual drinks, the smaller his or her total brain volume, according to a new study.
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Americans are world's top drug users: study Posted: 5 months ago by ybcool
winning the war on drugs...
"Americans are the world's top consumers of cannabis and cocaine despite punitive US drug laws, according to an international study published in the online scientific magazine PLoS Medicine."
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Americans annoyed by all these "International News" all over the internet Posted: 1 year ago by kamaloo
The profusion of international news available on the Internet has made it increasingly difficult for the average American to ignore the rest of the world, a trend researchers say threatens Americans' long, proud history of disregarding anything not about them.
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Aborigines lose the right to land over child abuse Posted: 9 months ago by doggylives
Australia’s Aborigines were stripped of the right of self-rule yesterday after the Government declared the widespread sexual abuse of Aboriginal children to be a national emergency.
This is several months old but I thought topical due to THIS post
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Should we introduce kids to alcohol early? Posted: 1 year ago by Marz
I was allowed taste my parents wine and once I was about 12 I was allowed have half a glass Sat nights with dinner. I was also allowed have a drink at holidays and family occasions. Now, at 22, I barely drink at all. I never had much of a teen rebillion with alcohol, not having the facination with it my friends did. I think my parents did the right thing.
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Jim Breuer - Alcohol Analogy Posted: 11 months ago by beckinacea
Jim Breuer's classic alcohol routine on Just For Laughs.
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Drinking At An Early Age Can Lead To Later Alcohol Dependence Posted: 6 months ago by karenben
An early age at onset of drinking is a strong predictor of subsequent alcohol dependence.
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Cop claims could smell alcohol on breath through drive through window. Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
A judge will decide if the cop's claim that he could smell alcohol through a window and 7 feet into the restaurant has merit or not.
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God Against Drunk Drivers! (or any alcohol comsumption) Posted: 1 year ago by sparklyeyedgal181
Alcohol is eeevil
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Gay couple left free to abuse boys - because social workers feared being branded homophobic Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A homosexual foster couple were left free to sexually abuse vulnerable boys in their care because social workers feared being accused of discrimination if they investigated complaints.
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Are Americans Really That Stupid? Posted: 10 months ago by wags273
Australian tv show, in which they interviewed Americans... How many sides does a triangle actually have!?!?!
I hope this hasn't been posted before.
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With Daily Alcohol Use, Male Fruit Flies Court Other Males Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
A team of researchers at Penn Sate has used an animal model to reveal, for the first time, a physiological basis for the effect of alcohol on male sexual behavior, including increased sexual arousal and decreased sexual inhibition.
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Text messages implicate baby sitter in abuse Posted: 7 months ago by arsphidius
The woman who was watching two toddlers said she only told a friend he could abuse them sexually so that she could set him up for arrest.
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Israel Trying To Extradite A "Rabbi" For The Most Horrific Case Of Child Abuse Posted: 8 months ago by 2manyusernames
Any story of child abuse is hard to hear, this has got to be one of the worst "alleged" cases you have ever heard. Canada is expected to deny extradition, I have pity on their children.
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