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Alcohol Sale Sites Impact Rates of Violence

Is there a correlation between violence and the number of alcohol sales sites? According to two Indiana University professors, this correlation not only exists, the highest assault rates are associated with carry-out sites selling alcohol for...

The Effects of Alcohol and Gender Differences

The effects of alcohol use and alcoholism in women set them apart from their male counterparts in many ways. Women become intoxicated faster and progress into alcoholism more rapidly than do men. Women also are more likely to develop...
recent from alcoholism The Effects of Alcohol and Gender Differences
The effects of alcohol use and alcoholism in women set them apart from their male counterparts in many ways. Women become intoxicated faster and progress into alcoholism more rapidly than do men. Women also are more likely to develop alcohol-related health problems more quickly and severely than men, thus...
recent from binge drinking College Binge Drinking
While binge drinking continues to be a growing problem among college students, some believe that universities and colleges are missing the mark in their fight against this activity on campus. A new study suggests that binge drinking on campus leads to 500,000 injuries in just one year in the U.S. The Windsor...
recent from research & news Alcohol Sale Sites Impact Rates of Violence
Is there a correlation between violence and the number of alcohol sales sites? According to two Indiana University professors, this correlation not only exists, the highest assault rates are associated with carry-out sites selling alcohol for consumption off-site. These findings were presented in a recent...
recent from treatment Topiramate and Alcohol Addiction Treatment
The National Insitute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) continues its active funding of research into new and more effective treatments for various kinds drug and alcohol dependence. Alcohol dependence afflicts about 4 percent of the adult U.S. population, and is the third leading cause of preventable death in this...
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Alcohol and the Brain

Dr. David Sack, Addiction Psychiatrist