Washington, D.C., has the highest rate of alcohol abuse in the country, but where do the nation’s biggest binge drinkers, pot users and cigarette smokers congregate? Here’s a map of our sins.
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“a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that — for reasons that aren’t entirely clear — abstaining from alcohol does actually tend to increase one’s risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers’ mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers.”
Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers, Study Finds
How George Bush stopped drinking. Laura Bush spills the beans (but not the drinks). CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports.
The color of the alcohol you drink affects the severity of your hangover
Want to avoid a holiday hangover? Don’t belly up to the bar for a belt of bourbon. Pour white wine, vodka and other light-colored spirits, because the color of the alcohol you drink affects the severity of the following day’s hangover, according to a new study reported in the London Daily Mail.
Darker drinks are the worst choices, the study says..
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Reaching for a mug of coffee may be the worst thing you can do to try to sober up, a study suggests.
Research on mice indicates the drink may make you feel that you are coming to your senses - but it is only an illusion.
In fact, it makes it harder for people to realise they are under the influence of alcohol.
Drinking coffee ‘will not sober you up’ when drunk
The study, by Temple University in Philadelphia, appears in the journal Behavioural Neuroscience.
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“I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime. I [kept it] in my locker. I’d just walk to the liquor store and get it.”
“When I was a 19-year-old father, whew. I was a single pimp! I was wild,” he told esquire magazine. “A lot of marijuana and alcohol — even before [that age]. … I [still] party and I have fun, but not like I used to. I used to drink every night and party every night.”
Los Angeles Laker Ron Artest Admits To Drinking During Halftime
A former teammate of Artest isn’t buying all of his claims.
“Consider the source. Since when did he become a credible witness?” he said.
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