BREAKING RANKS: Should the Government Encourage Drinking?

BREAKING RANKS: Should the Government Encourage Drinking?
Although it may seem counter-intuitive, a growing body of research indicates the healthy upsides to alcoholic beverages. In a Los Angeles Times op-ed column , addiction expert Stanton Peele finds even more evidence to advance the gospel of moderate drinking. In fact, he says the government should tone down its long-held proscription that alcohol is categorically bad for you. Citing recent …
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The war over alcohol in America
Since Prohibition ended in 1933 with the 21st Amendment to the Constitution – which repealed the 18th Amendment authorizing the ban on alcohol – states, counties and municipalities have see-sawed back and forth over alcohol sales. States are still passing laws on the sale of alcohol on Sundays, and municipalities and counties are still voting on whether to permit local alcohol purchases.
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AIDS 2010 Studies, Releases: PMTCT, Treating Children, Male Circumcision; National Prevention Programs;
“In parts of Africa, only about half of babies born to mothers with HIV receive the HIV prevention drug nevirapine,” according to a study published Wednesday, HealthDay News/U.S. News & World Report reports. The study, which was part of an HIV/AIDS theme issue in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) to coincide with the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, “highlights the …
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