Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What more appropriate motivation can there be for this crackdown than the recent underage drinking deaths and the constant rise of under-age alcohol consumption? To describe Scott Krueger's death as a result of unsafe party and fraternity environments rather than underage alcohol abuse suggests that the writers spend more time writing editorials than they do researching facts...
...editorial insinuated that the underage alcohol problem has not worsened recently. I propose that you consult the records of your own police department and Harvard's Office of the Dean of Students for more accurate information and a sampling of the problems surrounding this issue. In addition, you should know that a significant amount of time and energy has been focused on Cambridge proprietors and their responsibilities under...
...still living devotees who, in the cult's decidedly unsoaring ecclesiastical language, hadn't yet made it to the "level beyond human." Six weeks later, fellow "students" Chuck Humphrey and Wayne ("Nick") Cooke attempted to complete their course work in the approved manner--by swallowing a combination of alcohol and phenobarbital and tying plastic bags over their heads--in a Southern California motel room. Cooke made it to the next level; Humphrey didn't. Fortunately, he had work...
...films as Beverly Hills Ninja, was of the ne'er-do-well party guy, the angst-ridden outsider, the addled but lovable omnivore. But that proved to be true life as well, reflecting a fierce appetite for beer, cocaine and heroin, food and women. He went through drug- and alcohol-rehab clinics, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and weight-loss centers with little success. He once sneaked out of Santa Monica's Pritikin diet facility to inhale desserts with Tom Arnold. He was a universal addict...
BOTTOMS UP! Go ahead, raise a glass. The largest study yet on alcohol's effect on health concludes that a drink a day can improve longevity. Those who benefit most: middle-age folks who have had a heart attack or stroke, or are otherwise at risk for heart disease...