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Cocaethylene Studied: Cocaine, Alcohol Mix To Create Toxic 3rd Chemical

The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living

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Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the ...

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Don't Turn Drinking Into a Responsibility

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 06.05.2009 | Style

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Robert Rosenthal

Then there's moral responsibility, civic responsibility, fiduciary responsibility. Don't you just want to say "screw responsibility" some times? Those times were made for drinking.

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Smoking Dope, Drinking Wine and Paying 90% Income Taxes

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

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Michael B. Laskoff

The power of ideas is nothing against the power of the purse. Those of us born in the mid-Sixties can be forgiven for not understanding this.

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The Tequila Industry: A Model for Conservation?

Susan Cosier | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

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Susan Cosier

For centuries farmers have been roasting, fermenting and distilling the agave plant's roasted heart to brew what many consider to be the national drink of Mexico: tequila.

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Friday Talking Points [57] -- End Of Prohibition 75th Anniversary Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...

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Let Them Drink Beer

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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There was a news item today about a group of college presidents who have signed on to an effort to "rethink" the drinking age in America. While not e...

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