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Topic: Binge drinking

Young boy staring at glasses of red and white wine (Getty Images/1001slide)

When to have "the talk" about alcohol

Lindsay Karp
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Why Boomers are binge-drinking more

Nicole Karlis
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Alcohol health risks may be underplayed

Christina Mair - The Conversation
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Alcohol and the teen brain

Kali Holloway - Alternet
Amy Schumer and Bill Hader in "Trainwreck" (Universal Pictures)

Schumer's tepid "Trainwreck"

Andrew O'Hehir
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Jenny Kutner
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Binge drinking's deadly toll

Joanna Rothkopf

Tim Sampson - The Daily Dot
(Cheers)

Katie McDonough
A photo of the author in the clubs.

All my wasted New Year's

Helaina Hovitz
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