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Last month, investigators in the U.S. reported good test results for a monthly dose of the common antidrinking drug naltrexone - a medication that currently must be taken every day to be effective. But naltrexone is controversial because for some, it doesn't do anything to reduce the craving for alcohol until those addicts actually take a drink, whereupon it helps them resist taking more - a twisted bit of physiological irony if ever there was one. Twelve-step believers say the only proper response to alcoholism is total abstinence, and that a drug that allows you to drink a little puts...
...some tough love. Otherwise you're going to lose another generation.' JENNY MACKLIN, Australia's Minister for Indigenous Affairs, on imposing alcohol restrictions and "income management" on struggling Aboriginal communities...
...close to the White House and across the street from the site of Rhodes Tavern, the watering hole where British generals toasted one another as Washington burned in 1812. During the inauguration, however, Washington nightlife will be alive and well: bars will be open all night and serving alcohol until 4 a.m. Museums: In celebration of the election the Smithsonian museums will be featuring presidentially-themed exhibitions, including “Presidents in Waiting”, “President Lincoln’s Inaugural Ball,” and “First Ladies at the Smithsonian...
...Harry was caught smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol when he was 16. Prince Charles punished his son by sending him to a drug rehabilitation clinic for an afternoon to talk to drug addicts...
...boxy, even more miniature version of its miniscule Indian predecessor, the REVA, one of the world's best-selling electric cars. One of the most important changes those cars exhibited was a reliance on fuel cells, which produce electricity from some form of fuel (hydrogen, hydrocarbons and alcohol have all been used) as an alternative to batteries. While this helped increase speeds, it didn't help sales take off and ultimately defeated the purpose of a more environmentally friendly, non-fuel reliant automobile. Better versions of electric cars arrived over the next two decades. GM's EV1 made...