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alcohol abuse stories: 50 news summaries

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Winehouse Steals Drinks After Hotel
Cuts Her Off

Swipes booze, runs 'like squirrel with a nut'

Jan 14, 09 1:01 PM CST
(Newser) - After the Caribbean resort where Amy Winehouse is supposedly detoxing cut off her booze supply, the oft-addled singer has been seen on all fours prowling guest tables for drinks to steal, and begging vacationers to get her alcohol. Winehouse begins each day with yoga, but is often seen smoking a... More »

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drugs • alcohol abuse • celebrity • gossip • Caribbean • Amy Winehouse • resorts

How Much Should Your Kindergartner Be Swilling? 

UK debates boozing guides for 5-year-olds

Dec 30, 08 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - While most countries worry about the nutrition and development of their kids, the British government wants to make sure its wee ones aren't falling down drunk, the Independent reports. Officials in Britain, where it’s legal to drink at home from age 5, are debating whether to issue guidelines on... More »

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alcohol • children • alcohol abuse • Britain • alcohol consumption

OPINION

 Getting Drunk 
 Stumbles 
 Out of Style 

In New York, fashion may "trump addiction"

Dec 16, 08 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Once upon a time, a New York party showcased plenty of drunken antics; now, in the city that produced Zelda Fitzgerald, people just don't get sloshed anymore because it’s not stylish, Susan Cheever posits in the New York Times. “If alcoholism is an addiction—which it is—how... More »

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New York City • alcohol • alcohol abuse • parties • drunk

Drunk 'Hijacker' Arrested After Making Bomb Threat

Man subdued by other passengers during flight from Turkey to Russia

Oct 15, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man claiming to have explosives was foiled in an attempt to hijack a Turkish Airlines plane today, the BBC reports. The man, who was drunk, handed an attendant a note saying he had a bomb, then tried to force his way to the cockpit, but was overpowered by passengers.... More »

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Turkey • alcohol • crime • alcohol abuse • hijacker • plane hijacking • hijacking

Brits May Ban
Free Drinks to
Slow Staggering Booze Problem

Health warnings may replace ladies' night

Oct 13, 08 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British government is considering banning the bar tradition of free drinks for women and other measures to combat the overwhelming problem of public drunkenness, the Guardian reports. Explicit alcohol health warnings in pubs and a ban on drinking games may also be enacted. Drinks should not be promoted as... More »

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alcohol • alcohol abuse • pubs • Britain • bars

Skip the Cocktail (and Hangover), Get a Promotion

Fashion insiders stay sober for the sake
of their careers

Sep 16, 08 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fashion-industry parties are known for being boozy, but some insiders are staying sober to help give their careers an edge, Page Six magazine reports. "Sobriety has made me productive—to a deranged degree," says Barneys' creative director, who quit drinking 20 years ago. Maybe the teetotalers are on... More »

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New York • alcohol abuse • drinking • model • Fashion Week

Cape Cod Shop Hides Extract From Boozers

Thieves target baking product for alcohol content up to 35%

Sep 12, 08 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Devious drinkers have compelled at least one Massachusetts shop to put vanilla extract behind the counter, the Cape Cod Times reports. Owners of Stop & Shop in the town of Sandwich recently discovered empty bottles of the baking product stashed around the store. The extract can contain up to... More »

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Massachusetts • alcohol abuse • supermarket • Cape Cod • baking • vanilla extract

Backlash Greets College Chiefs' Move to Lower Drinking Age

Educators, legislators, MADD are all in uproar

Aug 21, 08 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A chorus of criticism has greeted proposals from college chiefs to consider lowering the drinking age to 18, the Washington Post reports, as everyone from health experts, lawmakers, high school principals, and groups like MADD have been quick to slam the idea. The academic leaders say their theory that lowering... More »

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University of Maryland • Duke University • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Johns Hopkins University • universities • colleges and universities • underage drinking • drinking age • MADD

College Presidents Push
to Lower Drinking Age

Drinking at 18 will reduce binging at school, they argue

Aug 19, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Presidents of 100 prominent colleges are behind an effort to have the drinking age lowered, from 21 to 18, claiming that earlier experience of drinking younger will reduce students' binge drinking in college. Presidents of Duke, Dartmouth, Ohio State, Syracuse, Tufts and Colgate are among the campaign's supporters, AP... More »

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Duke University • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Ohio State University • Dartmouth College • college student • Colgate University • drinking age • acoholism • Syracuse • Middlebury College

 Ronnie Wood Rolls Into Rehab 

Rolling Stone seeks help after boozy jaunt to Ireland with teen waitress

Jul 17, 08 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rapidly aging rocker Ronnie Wood has checked back into rehab—his seventh time—for help with his drinking problem, the Independent reports. The 61-year-old Rolling Stone returned to the UK to straighten out, apparently in a bid to save his marriage. He had fled to Ireland with a 19-year-old Russian... More »

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rehab • Rolling Stones • rock stars • alcohol abuse • rehabilitation center • Ronnie Wood

 Raise a Glass to the Joys
(and Pains) of Happy Hour

One in five of us go out for drinks after work with co-workers; it's not all good

Jun 24, 08 8:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Is it happy hour yet? About 20% of Americans regularly go out for drinks with colleagues after work, says a survey from careerbuilder.com. Reuters runs down the highlights:
  • Most go out just to be social, but about 30% say they do so to gossip or only because they
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social networking • work • alcohol abuse • workers • alcohol consumption

 Cops: Kids Fled
 Murray's 'Boozy' Ex 

Cops called when soon-to-be-ex got 'physical' with kids

Jun 10, 08 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Murray's wife, who claims in their divorce that the actor is a violent alcoholic with cheating and sexual compulsions, had the police knocking on her door to investigate neighbors' complaints that she'd gotten “physical” with her children while drinking, the New York Post reports. Two of the couple’... More »

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South Carolina • child abuse • alcohol abuse • Bill Murray • celebrity divorces

Murray's Wife Files for Divorce, Citing Abuse...

...Adultery, drugs, and she'd like a restraining order, please

May 29, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Murray is a spouse-abusing, drug-addicted adulterer, charges his soon-to-be-ex-wife. Jennifer Butler Murray filed for divorce recently, citing “adultery, addiction to marijuana and alcohol, abusive behavior, physical abuse, sexual addictions, and frequent abandonment.” She also asked for a restraining order against the comedian. More »

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alcohol abuse • abuse • celebrity • Bill Murray • celebrity divorces

 Sex Please, We're Drunk 

Hooking up is the aim of booze and alcohol binging: study

May 11, 08 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young people intentionally binge on booze and drugs to improve their sex lives, according to new research. A third of European men under the age of 36 and a quarter of women said they drank to increase their chance of sex—and were more likely to engage in unsafe sex... More »

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drugs • alcohol • alcohol abuse • safe sex • premarital sex • alcohol consumption

Winehouse Faces Jail After Violent Bender

Booze, drugs said to fuel fists of fury from 'snarling tigress'

Apr 24, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse will be arrested, sources tell the Sun, after assaulting two men during a booze- and drug-induced rampage last night in London. The 24-year-old singer allegedly headbutted a man who was trying to hail a cab for her, and earlier punched a man for refusing to give up his... More »

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alcohol abuse • celebrity • drug abuse • Amy Winehouse

Family Sues for $8M in NY Mom's Airport Death

Accidentally strangled trying to escape cuffs in Phoenix holding cell

Mar 27, 08 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family of a New York woman who died in a holding cell at a Phoenix airport is suing the police department and city for $8 million, CNN reports. Carol Gotbaum became agitated after missing a flight last September and cops put her alone in a cell where she accidentally... More »

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rehab • Arizona • police • strangulation • alcohol abuse • Phoenix • airport • accidental death • Carol Gotbaum

Feds Map Drug and Mental Problems by State

Vermonters smoke a lot of pot, Utah adults suffer high rate of mental ills

Mar 6, 08 8:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Vermonters smoke the most pot and Utah has the lowest drinking and marijuana rates among young people in the nation—but the highest rates of adults reporting mental health problems. Those are some of the nuggets uncovered in a fascinating new report by government researchers who made a state-by-state examination... More »

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cocaine • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • mental illness • marijuana • substance abuse • drug abuse • survey • underage drinking

Drunkorexia On Rise in Women

Eating disorders increasingly blending with substance abuse, experts say

Mar 2, 08 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Drunkorexia isn't an official medical term, reports the New York Times, but the disorder is on a growing list of afflictions that combine societal acceptance of substance abuse and pressure to be thin. Drunkorexics, who are typically college-age women, shun food to prevent weight gain and to offset the calories... More »

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rehab • bulimia • anorexia • binge drinking • weight loss • alcohol abuse • eating disorder • drug abuse • manorexia • orthorexia • binge eating • purging • drunkorexia

Brazil Cracks Down on Booze

With alcohol abuse on the rise, president pushes for even more regulation

Feb 20, 08 10:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The president of Brazil is pushing for stricter alcohol regulations following the release of two studies showing more Brazilians are abusing alcohol and at an earlier age, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The government has already temporarily banned the sale of alcohol on federal highways, and President Luiz Inacio Lula... More »

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advertising • alcohol • Brazil • beer • alcohol abuse • drunk driving • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Teen Drinkers Mimic Parents

Parents' habits have 'multifaceted influence' on children

Feb 14, 08 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Parents' drinking habits can influence those of their children, but perhaps not how you might think, a study suggests. While kids are apt to mimic boozing elders, more than one action speaks louder than words: The lax monitoring and harsh punishment that go hand in hand with alcohol abuse can... More »

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parenting • alcohol • alcohol abuse • teen health • scientific study • teen drinking • teenager

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