Alcohol | Chapter 4 Preface
In 1979 a Maryland woman and her infant daughter were involved in a head-on collusion with a drunk driver—a repeat offender with two previous convictions. While Cindi Lamb and her five-and-a-half-month-old daughter Laura survived the accident, Laura was left a quadriplegic. With the help of sympathetic friends, Cindi Lamb began battling drunk driving with public awareness campaigns and efforts to strengthen drunk driving laws in her home state. A year later in California, Candace Lightner’s thirteen-year-old daughter Cari was killed by a drunk driver. Like the driver who injured...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Is Alcohol Use Beneficial to Human Health?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Frequent, Moderate Drinking Benefits Human Health
- The Health Benefits of Frequent, Moderate Drinking Are Exaggerated
- Doctors Should Encourage Their Patients to Use Alcohol
- Doctors Should Not Encourage Their Patients to Use Alcohol
- Drinking Is a Serious Health Problem for Teens
- The Health Problems Associated with Teen Drinking Have Been Exaggerated
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 2: What Are the Causes of Alcohol Abuse?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Drinking at an Early Age Leads to Alcohol Abuse
- Drinking at an Early Age Does Not Lead to Alcohol Abuse
- Alcoholism Has a Genetic Basis
- The Genetic Influence on Alcoholism Is Exaggerated
- Alcohol Advertising Targeted to Youth Causes Abuse
- Alcohol Advertising Targeted to Youth May Not Cause Abuse
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 3: How Should Alcoholism Be Treated?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Alcoholism Should Be Treated as a Disease
- Alcoholism Should Not Be Treated as a Disease
- Alcoholics Anonymous Is Effective
- Alcoholics Anonymous Is Ineffective
- Moderate Drinking Is an Effective Treatment for Some Alcoholics
- Reducing the Harm Caused by Drinking Can Be an Effective Treatment
- Medication May Help Alcoholics Stay Sober
- Chapter 3 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 4: What Measures Should Be Taken to Reduce Alcohol- Related Problems?
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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