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Is Drinking Too Much a Problem in the US?

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:22:37 +0000

Drink up.

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Nine Bartenders Under Arrest For Serving Alcohol To Minors

Kristine Bellino — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:09:52 +0000

No alcohol should be served to minors, and the Rome Police Department is working to make certain people it is not.

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Thanks, Science: Cutting Whiskey With Diet Soda Gets You Hammered

Mike Adams — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:23:32 +0000

To the wild-eyed booze enthusiast, it is a sometimes-necessary evil to cut 80 proof whiskey with diet soda, to keep that girlish figure without having to throw your balls up over your shoulders and just do shots. Good news, friends -- it's also an efficient way to get tanked.

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What Town Is About to Make Drunk Driving Legal?

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:08:12 +0000

Know when to say, ‘I’ll have another.”

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MIT Student Invents Ice That Tattles on Binge Drinkers

Donald Deane — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:12:45 +0000

When it comes to ice, we only want it to do one thing -- make our drinks cold. We certainly don't want it to snitch to our friends after we've had one too many. But a MIT student has invented exactly that -- digital ice that monitors how quickly someone is drinking and sends out an alert when they've hit their limit.

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Video of Drunk Plane Passenger Restrained With Duct Tape Surfaces

Emerald Catron — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:03:32 +0000

Hey, remember this picture of the drunk guy on a flight from Iceland to New York City who had to be restrained with duct tape and zip ties? Allegedly he started screaming on the flight and tried to choke a fellow passenger after drinking a bottle of duty-free alcohol. The crew had to get a little...inventive to resolve the situation. Their solution certainly restrained him, but didn't do much to shut him up, as we now know, thanks to this video of him trying to scream through the duct tape over his mouth.

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Matt Brewing Company Celebrates Repeal Day

Gino Geruntino — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:37:48 +0000

Today is Repeal Day, the day the 18th Amendment was nullified and opened the door to a now thriving alcohol industry.

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Tell Your Girlfriend You Were Right, Whiskey Helps You See Things Clearly

Mike Adams — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:04:23 +0000

Aside from waking up next to some wild beast with chronic halitosis and a wooden leg, one of the most horrifying experiences a man can possibly have after a blackout rendezvous with a bottle of grain alcohol is blindness.

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Hanna Visits Middle School To Promote Alcohol Avoidance

Gino Geruntino — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:27:36 +0000

Rome, NY (WIBX) - Congressman Richard Hanna was at Strough Middle School in Rome this morning, urging kids to say no to underage drinking.

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Baseball Moving Towards Dry Clubhouses

Dave Wheeler — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:17:03 +0000

Even though the Colorado Rockies play at Coors Field, and the Milwaukee Brewers are actually named "the brewers" and play at Miller Park, none of these teams allow booze in their clubhouses. More and more baseball teams are banning booze from their clubhouses according to the latest reports.

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Ten Percent Of American Adults In Rehab

Kristine Bellino — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:37:44 +0000

(WIBX) - A new study says ten percent of adult Americans consider themselves to be in recovery from drug or alcohol abuse problems.

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Family History of Alcoholism Could Affect the Brains of Adolescents

Shauna Wright — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:00:02 +0000

Teens with a family history of alcoholism respond differently during risky decision-making moments compared to other teens, according to a new study from researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University.

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CDC: Binge Drinking is Bigger Problem Than Previously Thought

Althea Fung — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:30:13 +0000

More American adults are binge drinking and consuming more drinks when they do, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Financially Stressed Older Adults May Smoke or Drink More — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:52:43 +0000

A new study published in the November issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs may have found a potential link between older adults, financial woes, and alcohol and tobacco usage.

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'Stay Sober' Pill In Development

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:01:43 +0000

A pill that eliminated all the effects alcohol on lab rats may one day be available to humans.

Researchers fed the rodents — who react to alcohol similarly to how people do — the new drug after having them consume enough booze to stumble and fall down. Then they measured the rodents for balance and reflexes, finding that the rats on the drug tested as if they were still sober.

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