Alcohol & drug abuse

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  1. waltky

    waltky Well-Known Member

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    Most sop-heads don't care about the shape of the glass - just so long as ya fill it to the brim...
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    Beer-glass shape alters people's drinking speed - study
    31 August 2012: The shape of your glass is probably the last thing on your mind when you are down the pub.
     
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    Hard to make a judgement here. Filming people who are paying for their beer is much different than a controlled setting. As you get more drunk, the ability to determine the volume in a complex shape gets more muddled so it is reasonable to assume that people slow down to avoid unnecessary costs and a drunk driving charge. I believe the researchers made the correct conclusion but the study was flawed due to the inability to control extraneous variables relating to driving home and how much is this going to cost. In a situation where 100 people are given free drinks where 50 are given drinks in a linear shape and 50 are given drinks in a curved shape and the people are given a free overnight stay in a nice hotel or spa, I'm not sure that you would see a difference in the rate of consumption.
     
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    Granny says dey learnin' from dey's daddies an' mommas...
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    CDC: U.S. High School Kids Drink and Drive a Collective 2.4 Million Times Per Month--And That's An Improvement
    October 19, 2012 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that over the course of 30 days, there are 2.4 million occasions in the United States when a high school student drinks and drives.
     
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    Granny says, "Sop-heads lissen up...
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    Moderate to binge drinking can hurt brain
    Oct. 25,`12 (UPI) -- Moderate to binge drinking -- drinking less during the week and more on weekends -- reduces the structural integrity of the adult brain, U.S. researchers say.
     
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    Granny says if ya can't stop till ya's plastered - ya is a sop-head...
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    Alcohol dependency: When social drinking becomes a problem
    14 December 2012 - Alcohol-related health issues among baby boomers are on the rise. Daily drinking can start off as a social event but turn into dependency, addiction experts say. So when does social drinking become alcoholism?
     
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    While testing out things like this on rodents can be indicative of the effect of humans...
     
  7. waltky

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    Drinking Takes Toll On US Service members...
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    US military’s alcohol-soaked culture taking toll on servicemembers
    December 26, 2012 - WASHINGTON — Thomas Brennan was still unloading his bags at his first duty station when he saw the other Marines drinking on the catwalks.
     
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    Add to prior post...

    Military to subject Marines to random Breathalyzer tests in strict anti-drinking crackdown
    December 26, 2012 WASHINGTON – The U.S. military next month plans to start subjecting Marines to random Breathalyzer tests, as part of its strictest anti-drinking policy to date. Even one drink could get a Marine referred for counseling.
     
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    Alcohol - a cool thing. This is the truth. And nicotine, marijuana, sex .
    It's just a gifts from God.
     
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    Looks like waltky suffers by stomach ulcer,and alcohol is not for him.LOL
     
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    EvilAztec wrote: Looks like waltky suffers by stomach ulcer, and alcohol is not for him.LOL

    Granny says, "Sounds like dem goofy-assed Indians been gettin' into the firewater again...
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    Alcohol message 'is confused'
    3 January 2013 - We should limit our alcohol intake - but a little may be good for us. Michael Mosley investigates the confusion over what we should - or shouldn't be drinking.
     
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    This is not wright to take console government for not making efforts in drug removal from society. They are trying their level best but it is not u to them we also have to be a part of this mission
     
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    Americans Still Drink Too Much...
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    Study says too many Americans still drink too much
    February 24, 2013
    On any given day in the United States, 18 percent of men and 11 percent of women drink more alcohol than federal guidelines recommend, according to a study that also found that 8 percent of men and 3 percent of women are full-fledged "heavy drinkers."

     
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    Drug-dependent babies need cuddlers...
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    Jump in drug-dependent babies a worrying trend
    Tue, May 14, 2013 - He is less than two weeks old, but he has the telltale signs of a baby in pain: a sore on his chin where he has rubbed the skin raw, along with a scratch on his cheek. He suffers from so many tremors that nurses watch him around the clock in case he starts seizing, or stops breathing.
     
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    Granny says the gubmint's right hand don't always know what the left hand is doin'...
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    Tougher drunken driving threshold recommended
    May 14,`13 WASHINGTON (AP) -- States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half- from .08 blood alcohol level to .05-matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries, a federal safety board recommended Tuesday. That's about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 pounds, two for a 160-pound man.
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    Alcohol-related charge against Sinclair is dropped
    May 14, 2013 - Prosecutors have agreed to drop an alcohol-related charge against a U.S. Army general accused of sexual misconduct.
     
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    Walkty has some serious issues here. I would love to hear his solution to the vexing issue of over-indulgence. I'll apologize in advance for my outburst of laughter at whatever he proposes, since it has little chance to succeed.
     
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    It is a choice of quantity versus quality of life.; the world is full of cool things that shorten your life and it is up to you to make a choice .
    Personally i am using everything i like in quantities i can control ( like drinking much but not enough to become (*)(*)(*)(*)faced) and i accept that i will not go pass 50 (and i am already close to this age) , others like to live 80 years by restricting themselves. I think both options are fine.
     
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    Fighting opioid addiction...
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    US Officials Call for Greater Use of Medications to Treat Drug Abuse
    April 24, 2014 ~ More than 15 million people around the world have substance abuse issues, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, health officials say the abuse of prescription drugs is worsening and that deaths from prescribed painkillers have increased to more than 16,000 a year. They are calling for greater use of inexpensive and effective medications to treat what they are calling the epidemic of opioid addiction.
     
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    course many states lower the OWI limit for those under 21 to something like .02 instead of .08
     

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