Weekly Alcoholism News 2008-04-11

Stopping alcoholism before it starts
TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada
By JOHN GILLIS Health Reporter The extreme consequences of alcohol abuse, such as addiction, car crashes and organ failure, are well known. …

Alcoholism in America: From Reconstruction to Prohibition
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL
By Sarah W. Tracy Alcoholism in America: From Reconstruction to Prohibition is not exactly a history of alcoholism in the Gilded and Progressive Eras, …

Alcoholism: not just an adult problem
Daily Vidette, IL
Despite the issues that are raised almost weekly on college campuses about underage drinking and the perils of alcoholism, in some cases the problem may be …

Boy, Just 6-Years-Old, Treated For Alcoholism At Hospital
KUTV, UT
LONDON - A 6-year-old boy was among nearly 200 youngsters who were hospitalized last year for alcoholism, a British newspaper reported Wednesday. …