News tagged with legal drinking
Lowering the drinking age is unlikely to curb college binge drinking
Although presidents at some U.S. colleges have argued that lowering the minimum legal drinking age could help curb binge drinking on campuses, a new study in the January issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs sugges ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Undocumented Latino youth turn to activism to combat obstacles
Undocumented Latino youth in the U.S. face futures clouded by fewer rights than their documented peers and the constant fear of deportation. Such status constraints usually aren't fully understood until young adulthood, said ...
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May 11, 2012 |
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Vietnam 'cancer-cure' horn habit threat to world rhinos
For desperate Vietnamese cancer patients ground rhinoceros horn is seen as an elixir of life -- a medically unproven and illegal obsession that threatens the very survival of the world's wild rhinos.
May 08, 2012 |
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Google's Punchd wants to replace loyalty cards with an app
Over the years, Google has changed the way we search online and the way many businesses advertise online. With Android, the company has built the most popular smartphone operating system in the world. And now the tech giant ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Women use strategies to overcome discrimination in large law firms
(Phys.org) -- Women and people from ethnic minorities have to employ special strategies to overcome institutional discrimination when working in large law firms.
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Apr 13, 2012 |
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Underage drinking laws reduce future criminal behavior
Do strict underage drinking laws really have a positive impact on society? A recent study finds that strictly enforcing possession of alcohol under the legal age or PULA (also known as PAULA) laws on teenagers reduces the ...
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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Radiation detected 400 miles off Japanese coast
(AP) -- Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant disaster has been detected as far as almost 400 miles off Japan in the Pacific Ocean, with water showing readings of up to 1,000 times more ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Warning of unrest, new study shows millions risk losing lands in Africa
New studies released in London today suggest that the frenzied sell-off of forests and other prime lands to buyers hungry for the developing world's natural resources risk sparking widespread civil unrest—unless national ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Potential drunk drivers now have an app for that
(PhysOrg.com) -- You have spent the night out on the town and had a few drinks with friends. At the end of the evening, you figure you have only had a few drinks. You should be fine to drive right? While this ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Facebook makes privacy pledge in FTC settlement
Government regulators are sharing some alarming information about Facebook: They believe the online social network has often misled its more than 800 million users about the sanctity of their personal information.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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To keep social drinkers safe, one tech company is bringing breathalyzers to the bar
(Medical Xpress) -- Buffalo Niagara and Canadian tech firm Ladybug Teknologies has launched a pilot program for the SipSmart Network, a breathalyzer kiosk that enables bar patrons to stay safe by checking ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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