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Parental Alcohol Permission Linked To Risky Drinking: Study
Children and teenagers of any age who taste alcohol with their parent's permission are more likely to engage in risky drinking in young adulthood. That was the finding of a new study my colleagues and I published in the journal Addictive Behaviours.
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Lower Drinking Age Linked to High School Dropout Rate
Amidst the calls to lower the legal age for drinking -- including in India where the permissible age is 25 -- a new study said the move could lead to high school dropout rates.
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Big B backs Mumbai's youth, says drinking age 25 'strange'
He may be almost 70 years old but Amitabh Bachchan is backing Mumbai's youngsters against the Maharashtra government's sudden decision that makes it illegal for anyone below 25 years of age to drink or purchase alcohol.The permissible age for drinking hard liquor is now up by four years in the maximum city, from 21 to 25. At the age of 21, only bee...
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Parental Alcohol Permission Linked To Risky Drinking: Study
Children and teenagers of any age who taste alcohol with their parent's permission are more likely to engage in risky drinking in young adulthood. That was the finding of a new study my colleagues and I published in the journal Addictive Behaviours.
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Lower Drinking Age Linked to High School Dropout Rate
Amidst the calls to lower the legal age for drinking -- including in India where the permissible age is 25 -- a new study said the move could lead to high school dropout rates.
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Big B backs Mumbai's youth, says drinking age 25 'strange'
He may be almost 70 years old but Amitabh Bachchan is backing Mumbai's youngsters against the Maharashtra government's sudden decision that makes it illegal for anyone below 25 years of age to drink or purchase alcohol.The permissible age for drinking hard liquor is now up by four years in the maximum city, from 21 to 25. At the age of 21, only bee...
