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  <title><![CDATA[Decline in Traffic Deaths Credited to Drinking-Age Laws]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Raising the legal drinking age to 21 resulted in an 11-percent decrease in the number of drunk teenagers involved in fatal car crashes, according to new research from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE).]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:39:12 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Miller Won't Drop Alcoholic Energy Drinks]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Miller Brewing Company officials say they have no plans to pull the Sparks alcoholic energy drink from store shelves or even to review the marketing strategy for the product.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:13:57 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Califano Urges NCAA to Ban All Beer and Alcohol Ads at Broadcast Events]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[In a letter dated July 1, 2008, Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Chairman and President of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, urged the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to eliminate all beer and alcohol advertising at NCAA broadcast events.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:06:02 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[23 Vodka Shots Kills Fla. Man]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A Florida man who drank at least 23 shots of vodka mixed with Red Bull energy drink in about 30 minutes quickly collapsed and later died.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:01:03 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Medication Key to Alcoholism Treatment Success, Study Suggests]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Alcohol-dependent individuals who consistently took prescribed medications to prevent withdrawal symptoms and craving had better treatment outcomes than those who didn't take their medication, even among patients receiving behavioral counseling, researchers say.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:28:52 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[8th Annual Conference for New England Drug Court Judges, Professionals]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The 8th annual conference of the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals, will be held October 20-21, 2007 at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:02:45 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Belgian Buyout Offer Rejected by Busch]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Belgian brewer InBev's $46-billion bid to buy out Anheuser-Busch was rejected by the St. Louis based company's board, but InBev may be poised to up its offer to A-B shareholders and launch a hostile takeover.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:50:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch Will Stop Selling Alcoholic Energy Drinks]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Leading U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch has agreed to stop selling energy drinks containing alcohol in response to an investigation by a group of state attorneys general and threatened litigation by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:37:31 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[40 Percent of Young Drinkers Say Adults Supplied the Booze]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[About half of U.S. youths under age 21 have consumed alcohol, and of these 40 percent said that they got their drinks for free from an adult during the past month, a new survey finds.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:30:50 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Slashes Damages Award in Exxon Valdez Case]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The most catastrophic "drunk driving" case in U.S. history ended with a whimper this week as the U.S. Supreme Court slashed the punitive-damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez case from $2.5 billion to $507.5 million.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:27:44 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[SAMHSA Study Reveals Local Patterns of Addiction, Mental Illness]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Thanks to its large Mormon population Utah has long been considered the nation's most sober state -- the church bars members from alcohol and tobacco use -- but a new study shows that the Salt Lake City area has one of the highest rates of prescription-drug abuse in the U.S.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:24:37 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Happy Hour Popular with Workers But Fraught with Peril]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Meeting coworkers for after-hours drinks is popular but also a minefield of personal and professional pitfalls, according to a new survey.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:58:23 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Binge Drinking Seen as Trendy, Researchers Say]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Social networking and fashionable trends may help explain the recent rise in binge drinking, British researchers say.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:48:34 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch Wants to Give Away More Valuable Gifts]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Anheuser-Busch is backing legislation in California that would allow beer companies to give away gifts valued up to $5 each, rather than the .25-cent cap now imposed in the state.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:13:26 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Youths Exposed to More Alcohol Ads in 2007]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Youths ages 12-20 were exposed to an average of 301 TV ads for alcoholic beverages last year, up from 216 in 2001.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:10:26 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Delaware Considers Raising Alcohol Tax]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Facing a $217-million budget shortfall, Delaware lawmakers are considering an increase in the state's alcohol tax among a series of proposed remedies for the state's fiscal crisis.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:04:37 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Audioconference Series Exploring Recovery-Based Care for Addiction]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[State legislators and legislative staff may register now for a free series of web-assisted audioconferences discussing recovery-based care for addiction. ]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:27:42 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Researchers Call for New Classification of Alcohol Misuse]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA["Alcohol abuse" and "alcohol dependence" should be joined by "hazardous drinking" in diagnostic criteria, some researchers say.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Students Falsely Told Classmates Died as Part of Prevention Stunt]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Students at an Oceanside, Calif., high school were falsely informed by California Highway Patrol officers that some of their classmates were killed in drunk-driving crashes as part of a prevention program.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:28:09 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Busch Board to Meet InBev Officials to Discuss Buyout]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The board of Anheuser-Busch will not flatly reject a buyout bid from Belgian brewing conglomerate InBev and has decided to meet with InBev officials to discuss the proposal.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:06:03 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Missouri's Congressional Delegation Opposes Busch Buyout]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Both of Missouri's U.S. Senators and at least one House member from the state have announced their opposition to a proposed buyout of Anheuser-Busch by international brewing conglomerate InBev NV.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:03:32 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Resveratrol Fights Obesity, Researchers Say]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The antioxidant resveratrol, found in red wine, appears to prevent pre-fat cells called preadipocytes from proliferating and turning into fat cells, German researchers say.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:40:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[NIAAA Publishes Guidelines on Physician Alcohol Interventions]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has published new advice for physicians interested in "Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much."]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:02:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[California Will Tax, Regulate Alcopops as Liquor]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The decision by the California Board of Equalization to regulate alcopop drinks as distilled spirits rather than beer has received final approval by the state Office of Administrative Law, meaning higher state taxes on drinks like Bacardi Breezers, Mike's Hard Lemonade, and Smirnoff Ice.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:16:17 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Study Slams Lack of Evaluation in Virginia's Addiction Treatment and Prevention Systems]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A report from the Virginia legislature said that there has been little evaluation of the effectiveness of the state's $106 million investment in addiction treatment and prevention in 2006, even though programs are supposed to be legally bound to demonstrate their outcomes.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:53:42 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Canadian Plan to Reduce Costs of Alcohol Abuse]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Canada's Center for Addiction and Mental Health has released a six-point plan to reduce the fiscal impact of alcohol abuse, which the report says costs every Canadian $463 annually.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:29:05 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Belgian Brewer Wants to Buy Anheuser-Busch]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Belgium-based multinational brewer InBev SA has offered to purchase Anheuser-Busch for $46 billion, an offer that may appeal to company stockholders despite objections from lawmakers and others about the largest brewer in the U.S. falling under foreign control.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:08:52 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Utah Officials Consider Overhaul of Alcohol Laws]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Utah's unusual system for regulating alcohol use, including a ban on serving drinks outside of private clubs, could soon be a thing of the past.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:33:24 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Early Drinking and Adult Alcohol Dependence Increases Among Americans]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A study of individuals born between 1934 and 1983 found that more Americans began drinking alcohol at an early age over the decades, especially women, and that those who did drink at a younger age were more likely to be alcohol-dependent as adults.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:08:51 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Study: Brain Injections Prevent Relapse in Alcoholic Rats]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Researchers have been able to prevent alcoholic rats from relapsing by injecting a protein called glial cell-derived neurotropic factor (GNDF) into their brains.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:48:50 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Most Binge Drinking Takes Place in Public, Involves Beer]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[About half of all binge drinking takes place in public and in large groups, increasing the risk of injury, according to researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:25:25 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Students Get the 'Dirt' on Drugs]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A Boston based actor and comedian who performs an irreverent one-man show on drugs and making good choices has become a hit with young audiences.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:16:03 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Family History of Alcoholism May Predict Adult Alcohol-Use Disorders]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Most young adults grow out of the heavy drinking typical of their college years, but children from families with a high level of alcoholism are more likely to continue drinking heavily and develop alcohol-use disorders even after they graduate.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:53:07 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Red-Wine Ingredient Could Extend Life, Study Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Mice given modest amounts of the red-wine ingredient resveratrol exhibited fewer signs of bone and heart-muscle aging, hinting that the substance could have practical potential as an anti-aging drug.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:43:54 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Drinkers Less Likely to Develop Rheumatoid Arthritis, Researchers Say]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Moderate drinkers are 40-45 percent less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than nondrinkers or infrequent drinkers, while the risk of developing the disease appears to be cut in half or more among heavier drinkers.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:05:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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