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Despite the military's ban...
on all alcoholic beverages - and strict Islamic prohibitions against drinking,
alcohol is involved in a growing number of crimes committed by U.S. troops deployed to these
countries, ranging from armed robbery and assault to murder, rape and other sex crime.
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For Decades...
willpower, counseling and twelve-step programs have been the front-line treatment for
alcoholics, but major drug companies are looking to add pills to these traditional treatment
options. The NIAAA is sponsoring nearly 100 clinical trials of drugs to treat alcoholism.
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A growing number of organizations...
Support a long-overdue boost in alcohol taxes to pay for prevention efforts and treatment of
alcohol-related problems. The alcohol industry's opposition argues that this would be a
burden on low-income drinkers, but the data says otherwise.
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 Binge drinking on the college campus...
has been a recurring story by the news media in recent years, covering everything from
alcohol-fueled riots to the health consequences of underage alcohol use. Now a new dimension
of this problem has emerged, that of the deadly mix of alcohol and fire in student housing in
both on-campus and off-campus student housing.
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