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  <title><![CDATA[MADD Launches Program To Help Parents Influence Teen Alcohol Behavior]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Nationwide Insurance have launched a multi-media program to give parents of high school students the communication tools they need to stop teen alcohol use. ]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:03:54 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Address Drinking, Smoking to Raise Life Expectancy: WHO]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[About one in four premature deaths worldwide can be traced to five preventable health factors -- alcohol use, poor childhood nutrition, unsafe sex, bad sanitation and hygiene, and high blood pressure -- according to the World Health Organization (WHO).]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:34 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[U.K. Drug Czar Fired for Saying Illegal Drugs Less Harmful Than Alcohol, Cigarettes]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has fired his drug czar after David Nutt said that LSD and ecstasy are less dangerous drugs than alcohol or tobacco.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:11:42 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Study Shows How Alcohol Can Spread Cancer]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Researchers from Rush University Medical Center may have discovered how alcohol transforms regular cancer cells into a more aggressive form of the disease that can spread to other areas of the body.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:04:15 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Cheap Alcohol Appeals to Problem Drinkers, Study Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[About 70 percent of the alcohol consumed by a group of problem drinkers in Scotland had been bought at a discount, according to a study that concluded that heavy drinkers actively seek out cheap alcohol and that setting minimum alcohol prices could cut overconsumption.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:50:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Cut Drunk Driving Standard to .05 Percent, MADD Canada Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Quebec should cut its legal blood-alcohol limit to .05 percent as recommended by the province's transport minister in 2007, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canada says.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:51:20 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[New Brews Sacrifice Alcohol, Flavor to Save Calories]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[U.S. brewers are promoting a new class of ultra-low calorie beers that have lower alcohol content than typical mass-marketed full-strength and light brews.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:28:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Former Anheuser-Busch Spokesperson Sues Over 'Frat Party' Work Environment]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Francine Katz, the longtime spokesperson for brewer Anheuser-Busch, is suing the company for sexual discrimination, saying that she earned lower pay than her male colleagues and endured a 'locker room' and 'frat party' atmosphere during her 20 years with the company.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:50:32 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Could Choice of Antipsychotic Medication Impact Alcohol Use in Patients with Serious Mental Illness?]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Researchers compared the relative impact of first- and second-generation antipsychotic medications on alcohol use in patients with schizophrenia and a co-occurring alcohol use disorder.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:23:36 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Are Brief Alcohol Interventions Likely to be Effective in Routine Primary Care Practice?]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Researchers conducted a meta-analysis to determine the effectiveness of brief interventions for nondependent unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:22:29 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Alcohol, Other Lifestyle Factors, and Mortality]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Data from the Health and Retirement Study are compared to determine whether the survival benefit associated with moderate alcohol use remains after accounting for nontraditional risk factors such as socioeconomic status (SES) and functional limitations.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:54 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Does Mandated Treatment Improve Outcomes for Women with Co-occurring Disorders and Histories of Violence?]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Researchers studied participants in the national Women, Co-occurring Disorders, and Violence Study to determine if women mandated to substance abuse treatment had better substance use, mental health, and trauma outcomes compared with demographically similar women who entered treatment voluntarily.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:35 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[APIS: New Resource on State Underage Drinking Policies]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS), a project of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, announces its latest update of state-by-state alcohol policies.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:02:51 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Cold Beer Banned in Attempt to Prevent Public Drinking]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A Chicago suburb has banned the sale of some cold beer in order to address a local problem with public drinking.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:10:56 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Anchorage Forces Treatment on Some Homeless Alcoholics]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The city of Anchorage, Alaska is involuntarily checking homeless people into rehab in the wake of more than a dozen deaths due to drinking, exposure and other causes.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:09:59 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Random Roadside Breath Tests Considered in Canada]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Officials in Canada are considering changing the law to allow police to conduct random roadside Breathalyzer tests for drunk driving, rather than just for-cause tests.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:25:59 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Police Tip Not Enough to Justify Breath Test for DWI, Court Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Police need to personally observe signs of impaired driving before pulling over a driver and administering tests for DWI, even if they received an alert from citizens about a possible drunk driver.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:57:31 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Study: Parents' Expectations Can Influence Risky Teen Behavior]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The more parents expect their teens to engage in risky behaviors such as drinking and using drugs, the more likely their teens are to follow through with those behaviors, a study says.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:18:05 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Va. 'Sticker Shock' Campaign Highlights Risks, Consequences of Giving Alcohol to Minors]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A youth-led initiative from northern Virginia launched the regions' first Sticker Shock campaign to educate adults who might betempted to purchase alcohol for minors. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:49:23 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[U.K. Researchers: Safer to Let Kids Drink in Moderation than Enforce Abstinence]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Parents who allow their 15- and 16-year-old children to occasionally drink alcohol under supervision may ultimately be protecting their kids better than those who strictly enforce abstinence, according to researchers at the Center for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University in the U.K.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:19:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Treatment Referrals Most Likely to Come from Criminal-Justice System]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The criminal-justice system accounts for more than one in three referrals to addiction-treatment programs nationally, and such referrals are more likely to result in completed treatment stays.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:18:22 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[New Advice to Parents: Tell the Truth About Your Past Drug Use]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The latest research from the Hazelden Foundation comes down firmly on the side of truthfulness when it comes to discussing drugs with kids. More than 90 percent of both parents and teens see parents as role models on drug-use issues, whether or not teens were aware of their parents past drug use. ]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:09:11 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Does Poor Job Preventing Premature Deaths]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. spends more per-capita on health care but lags behind most other industrialized nations when it comes to preventable deaths.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Oregon Partnership Launches Campaign Aimed at Old Navy Stores]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Oregon Partnership has called for Old Navy stores to discontinue the sale of t-shirts with binge drinking messages.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:17:29 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Bounce Beer Pong to Prevent Flu, School Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[College students should stop playing beer pong and sharing drink cups in order to prevent the spread of the H1N1 (swine) flu this fall, a New York school advises.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:43:35 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Wisconsin Lawmakers Introduce Parity Legislation]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A bill introduced in the Wisconsin legislature would close a major loophole and require more health plans to include parity coverage of addiction and mental health.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:25:06 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Russia to Hike Alcohol Taxes, Up Regulation to Prevent Abuse]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Russian government plans to increase taxes on beer by 300 percent and ban sales in kiosks.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:31:50 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Drinkers Incur More Costs, Stay Longer in ER]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The social and economic costs of drunk driving are well documented, but a new study from Rhode Island Hospital finds that even minimally impaired drivers incur higher-than-average costs when they land in hospital emergency rooms.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:55:26 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Governments Turn to Alcohol to Patch Budgets]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Some formerly dry communities are allowing alcohol sales in order to generate tax revenues in tough fiscal times, while states are seeking higher alcohol taxes to close their own budget deficits.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:53:58 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Underage Facebook Members Exposed to Alcohol Ads, Promotions, Report Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Marin Institute is calling on Facebook to stop accepting paid ads for alcoholic beverages and to ban alcohol-related pages, applications and events, citing a study that found that alcohol-related content is reaching underage Facebook users despite company policies designed to prevent such marketing.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 23:12:17 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Survey Finds Support for Ignition Interlock Devices to Prevent DWI]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Two-thirds of Americans would support the installation of devices that prevent cars from starting if drivers are impaired -- assuming such technology is reliable.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:30:17 EDT</pubDate> 
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