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March 2012

Alcoholism At Large

Risky business
A new study on drinking and serious injury risk indicates that alcohol consumption is a major cause of hospitalized injury. “A heavy drinker is three times more likely to be injured during an alcohol-positive than a sober hour,” said Ted R. Miller, a research scientist at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, noting that even though heavy drinkers generally lead risky lifestyles, and even though they tolerate alcohol better than most drinkers, their injury risks still tripled when they drank.

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