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  1. Device on Ankle Monitors Alcohol Use (ABC News)
      "After an offender consumes a few drinks, the device relays the information to a computer where the results can be checked. The system can also tell whether the device has been tampered with and, in some states, the offender is also monitored by the global positioning system so authorities know his or her location. There are 2,200 people in the United States being monitored by SCRAM." 10-10

  2. -07-01-07 Study: Five Types of Alcoholics (CBS News)
      "New alcoholism research identifies five types of alcoholics and shows that young adults account for more than half of U.S. alcoholics." 07-07

  3. -08-28-08 Study: Over 10 Percent of Native American Deaths Alcohol-related (MSNBC News)
      "Almost 12 percent of the deaths among Native Americans and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says." 08-08

  4. Study Links Alcohol and Cancer Risk in Women (PBS News)
      "Researcher Naomi Allen and her colleagues at the University of Oxford analyzed data from the Million Woman Study, which has been collecting health information from 1.28 million women between ages 50 to 64 since 1996. The researchers wanted to see whether the women's self-reported drinking habits were linked to the 68,775 cases of cancer that developed during the study."

      "They found that drinking just one alcoholic drink per day increased the risk of breast, liver and rectal cancer. For women who also smoked, drinking increased the risk of mouth and throat cancer as well. The type of alcohol didn't matter -- women who drank only wine increased their risk as much as women who drank other kinds of alcohol." 02-09

  5. -03-24-11 Alcohol Wipes Contaminated by Bacteria (MSNBC News)
      "Two-thirds of tested samples of alcohol prep pads tied to a massive recall, serious infections and death were contaminated with dangerous bacteria, including tainted products from eight of 10 separate lots, according to a new government report." The pads were from 39 brands, including those from many national chain stores. 03-11

  6. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention

  7. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Diagnostic Criteria (Clarren and Astley)
      Provides diagnostic criteria for FAS, problems in infants caused by mothers consuming alcohol during pregnancy.

  8. Study: How Much Alcohol Is Too Much for Seniors? (Time.com)
      “ 'A little bit of alcohol may be beneficial, but too much is clearly going to be toxic,' says Solomon. 'Once you get beyond two drinks a day in men, you get into the realm where you start to see subtle evidence of cardiotoxic effects on the heart that might over the long term lead to problems. And that threshold might be lower in women.' ” 05-15

  9. Teens: Alcohol and Other Drugs (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
      Provides basic suggestions.

  10. National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (SAMHSA)
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