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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...engrossed in conversation. "I realized I wasn't having that nagging feeling in my head, 'I should really get a drink,'" says Bob. "It never appeared during the dinner either so that was the eureka moment." He continues to take baclofen and now drinks about two or three times per week, no more than a beer or two at a time. (Read about the many faces of addiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treating Alcohol Addiction: A Pill Instead of Abstinence? | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

...cravings for crack), a recently published multisite trial of the drug in cocaine addicts did not produce significant results. "We think one of the reasons is the dose," says Franklin, noting that most alcoholics who have reported the switch tend not to experience it at less than 80 mg per day; the cocaine trial used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treating Alcohol Addiction: A Pill Instead of Abstinence? | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

Tenenbaum, a 25-year-old graduate student at Boston University, stands accused of illegally downloading 30 music files using Kazaa. Under the 1999 Digital Theft Deterrence Act, he faces maximum penalties of $150,000 damages per file, or $4.5 million total, if found guilty...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nesson Case Continues, Dealt Blow by Judge | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

...says Tom Billet, a senior health-benefits consultant for Watson Wyatt, a corporate consulting firm. In reality, many more of the most expensive employer-based health-insurance plans cover people like the families of New Hampshire state employees who, according to the Boston Globe, have policies worth $20,400 per year. (The employee contribution is $60 per month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taxing Pricey Insurance: No Health-Care Cure | 7/28/2009 | See Source »

...risks for domestic workers are staggering, from verbal and physical abuse to grueling work hours (in some cases, over 100 hours per week), few if any days off, nonpayment of wages, and appalling work conditions. Although more than 2,000 complaints of abuse are filed with the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur each month, it's impossible to say exactly how many workers are abused each year, largely because the exploitation is carried out in private. It's a problem for domestic helpers across the world, most of whom work in isolation and many of whom arrive via underground channels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia Pushes for Better Migrant-Worker Protection | 7/28/2009 | See Source »

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