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Wine Vending Machines Near University of Pennsylvania Draw Concern
A controversial new vending machine has cropped up in Pennsylvania: wine “kiosks,” where consumers can purchase bottles of wine from vending machines by swiping their driver’s license, looking into a camera, and blowing into a breath sensor. One of these vending machines was placed in a supermarket that serves college students at University of Pennsylvania, drawing fire from critics. The state’s Liquor Control Board plans to place them in about 100 stores.
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21st Birthdays: Celebrants Drink More Than Planned
In the United States. the 21st birthday is the great milestone into adulthood. It is a very important day for young adults, because they are able to legally drink alcohol. With many young adults turning 21 away at school, out from under a parent’s watchful eye, the party can get crazy.
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World Health Organization Endorses Global Strategy to Curb Alcohol Abuse
Breaking decades of inaction on one of the leading causes of sickness and death, the World Health Organization’s 193 member states endorsed a global strategy to reduce alcohol abuse in a consensus vote on Wednesday.
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Moderate Drinking Before Trauma Leads to More Flashbacks
People who drank a moderate amount of alcohol before a traumatic event report more flashbacks than those who had alcohol, according to new research at UCL (University College London). The results may give new insight into why some individuals develop post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic event and others do not.
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Energy Drinks Plus Alcohol Equal Dangerous
Leave it to the college crowd to come up with the idea that mixing energy drinks with alcohol can let you party all night and not have a hangover in the morning. The problem is that’s a false assumption. Already hugely popular on their own, energy drinks contain ingredients such as caffeine, ginseng and taurine, all of which are stimulants. Alcohol is a depressant. Mixing energy drinks with alcohol is not only a bad idea, it’s also dangerous. Continue Reading
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