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Ban on caffeinated alcoholic drinks in the United States
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Alcohol-related traffic crashes in the United States
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List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita
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1069:Alcohol consumption by youth in the United States
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167:"High Functioning, but Still Alcoholics"
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409:Drunk driving in the United States
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1674:Index of alcohol-related articles
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267:Sanderson, Megan (22 May 2012).
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52:Harvard School of Public Health
949:List of deaths through alcohol
767:Epidemiology of binge drinking
571:Subjective response to alcohol
319:"Definition of SOCIAL DRINKER"
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1145:Drunk driving law by country
561:Long-term effects of alcohol
479:Disease theory of alcoholism
464:Alcoholism in family systems
454:Alcohol and Native Americans
133:Benton, Sarah Allen (2009).
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398:Driving under the influence
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1284:Alcohol rehabilitation
1252:Alcohol detoxification
1155:Field sobriety testing
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1008:International Beer Day
772:Holiday heart syndrome
114:Holiday heart syndrome
1536:Disulfiram-like drugs
1076:Ritual use of alcohol
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1030:Apéritif and digestif
681:Adulterated moonshine
528:Blood alcohol content
490:Seeing pink elephants
1605:Alcohol in the Bible
1592:Religion and alcohol
1558:General anaesthetics
1351:Alcoholics Anonymous
1309:List of mixed drinks
762:Alcohol intoxication
677:Adulterated alcohol
56:dependent on alcohol
1684:Gateway drug effect
1470:Low-alcohol drinks
1299:Non-alcoholic drink
1234:Temperance movement
1216:Alcohol prohibition
939:Gilbert Paul Jordan
929:Dionysian Mysteries
713:on college campuses
708:Alcohol advertising
426:Public intoxication
1516:Addiction medicine
1459:Get Your Sexy Back
1399:Alcohol limitation
1375:Sober living house
1341:Twelve-step groups
1274:Brief intervention
1267:Open-container law
1229:Neo-prohibitionism
1189:Legal drinking age
995:Alcoholic beverage
896:Alcohol inhalation
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789:Blackout Wednesday
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