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National Study: New Data Show Teen Girls More Likely to See Benefits in Drug and Alcohol Use Jun. 29, 2010 4:04 am PR Newswire NY
According to a new research analysis of the 2009 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS), sponsored by MetLife Foundation, teen girls are more likely to associate "self-medicating" benefits with drinking and getting high... Read full story...
Drinking does not have to be a lifestyle Jun. 29, 2010 DENNEWS.com IL
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 3.8 million full-time college students in the country, or 49 percent of students, do drink... Read full story...
Newquay clamps down following death of Berkshire teen Jun. 28, 2010 11:32 pm BBC Berkshire UK
This year, licensed premises in Newquay have agreed not to sell alcohol to anyone who looks under 18 without a passport or driving licence. Police will be welcoming teenagers arriving in the town with sniffer-dog searches and any alcohol found on under-age people will be confiscated.... Read full story...
Lower drinking age dangerous Jun. 29, 2010 pressconnects.com NY
In a time when underage drinking is at an all-time high, I really don't believe that the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18... Read full story...
U.K. bans oil futures broker after booze-fueled trading binge Jun. 29, 2010 9:56 am Market Watch UK
An unauthorized oil-futures trading binge after a weekend of heavy drinking has resulted in a 72,000 pound ($108,778) fine and a minimum five-year ban for a former broker, Britain's Financial Services Authority said Tuesday... Read full story...
Students let photos do the talking about underage drinking Jun. 29, 2010 2:13 am Livingston Daily MI
Every picture tells a story, and Livingston County students recently used photography in a creative way to raise awareness of the problem of underage alcohol use... Read full story...
How bad are your past sins really? Jun. 29, 2010 5:26 am CNN USA
It might matter if ... you used to binge nightly (defined as four or more drinks in about two hours), or you're still having multiple drinks each day. "Binge drinking can kill neurons in the brain, affecting decision-making, learning, and memory... Read full story...
Big Bang for Booze Bucks Jun. 29, 2010 5:02 am PR Newswire CA
Alcohol industry watchdog Marin Institute released a new report today that chronicles an enormous outlay of beer, wine, and spirits dollars to California legislators and the Governor's budget reform political action committee in 2009. The report suggests a "smoking gun" relationship between Governor Schwarzenegger's $751 million alcohol tax proposal and its disappearance a few months later while his initiative PAC collected $671,000 in alcohol industry donations... Read full story...
Teen sentenced for drinking and driving; liquor store smash-in suspects bound over for trial Jun. 28, 2010 10:52 pm KMVT ID
18 year old David Torres was sentenced on a charge of driving under the influence after he had driven his car into a Paul home last September. His girlfriend and their infant child, just days old, was in the vehicle with him... Read full story...
Salinas man charged with buying beer in teen's crash Jun. 29, 2010 8:38 am montereyherald.com CA
Prosecutors have filed misdemeanor charges against a man from the San Benancio area for allegedly providing alcohol to a minor who was the driver in a rollover accident that killed his best friend... Read full story...
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