News and Features Related to Alcohol Abuse

1. Underage, Drunken Fans Buy Stadium Alcohol
   

   Aug. 20, 2008 -- Underage or drunken fans are often able to buy alcohol at sports stadiums, especially if it's purchased from a vendor in the stands, according to a study. The study, by University of Minnesota researchers, shows that underage fans are able to purchase a drink 18% of the time and int

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2. Study: Americans Drinking Less Alcohol
   

   Aug. 6, 2008 -- Americans may be drinking less alcohol, on average, than in the past -- and they're cutting back on beer and sipping more wine as they get older. That finding comes from 50 years of drinking data reported by 8,600 white adults in Framingham, Mass., the home of a long-term health stud

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3. Adults Supplying Alcohol to Underage Drinkers
   

   June 26, 2008 -- Millions of underage drinkers are getting their alcohol for free from adults, many of whom are their parents, according to a federal study released Thursday. The study shows that about 40% of the estimated 11 million regular drinkers under age 21 got their alcohol for free from some

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4. Risky Ritual: 21 Drinks at Age 21
   

   May 20, 2008 -- How did you celebrate turning age 21? A study shows that most students at one Midwestern university drank, with some celebrating with a risky ritual of consuming 21 drinks. Researchers at the University of Missouri found that when they asked 2,518 students at an unnamed university in

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5. More Women Drinking More
   

   May 6, 2008 -- Hard-fought gains in women's rights come with an unwanted gain: rising rates of alcoholism in women born after 1953. Women's pay rates haven't yet caught up with men's -- and neither have their alcoholism rates. But in the alcohol category, women are gaining fast, find Richard A. Gruc

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6. Teens’ Drinking Habits Tough to Swallow
   

   March 24, 2008 -- Federal data released Monday suggest that millions of American teens are drinking frequently and heavily. The report concludes that about 11 million adolescents and young adults between ages 12 and 20 are "current drinkers," having consumed alcohol within the past month, according

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7. Fighting Alcoholism With Medications
   

   There is no magic pill or one-size-fits-all treatment that can banish an alcoholic's need or desire to drink. But a handful of FDA-approved medications, when used in combination with psychological and social interventions such as 12-step programs, can help a significant number of alcohol-dependent p

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8. How I Learned to Stop Hating My Mother
   

   By Gretchen Voss "What about me?" I spat at my mother as she sat frail and broken in a wheelchair, her legs too wasted to carry her emaciated body. It was Christmas of 1999, and my father, two brothers, and I were at a family-counseling session during my mother's second — though not her last — stint

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9. Seizure Drug May Treat Alcoholism
   

   Oct. 9, 2007 -- The seizure and migraine medication Topamax shows promise for treating alcohol dependence, a study shows. But use of the drug for this purpose is not without controversy. Alcohol-dependent patients in the University of Virginia study who took Topamax for three and a half months avera

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10. Liquor Top Choice Among Teen Drinkers
    

    July 26, 2007 -- Teen drinkers usually drink liquor, according to a CDC study of alcohol use by teens in four states. The CDC reviewed teen drinking statistics from a 2005 survey of some 13,500 teens in grades 9-12 in Arkansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming. At school, the teens completed survey

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