Nine MSN flooded following the launch of the Hangover for life campaign

ninemsn, 6 August 2007
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Australia's culture of binge drinking is of concern to an overwhelming majority of ninemsn readers.

After experts warned this morning that one in eight Australian adults were at serious risk of alcohol-related permanent brain damage, ninemsn was flooded with comments from alarmed readers.

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The Age, 10 June 2007
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Teenage birthday parties are supposed to be fun. Whether it is sweet 16, or effervescent 18, they should be joyful rites of passage. But they aren't if, despite the best intentions of parents, the alcohol-fuelled party turns sour, with the birthday boy ending up in hospital with a busted face, or the birthday girl spewing in a bucket.

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 Two childhoods destroyed by alcohol

The Age, 9 June 2007
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It began as every parent's worst nightmare and has since sent shockwaves through three generations of one family.

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 Youth on deadly drink trail

The Age, 9 June 2007
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 The number of young people being treated for alcohol-related brain damage has grown fivefold in the past decade, prompting calls for urgent action on teenage binge drinking.

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Alcohol time bomb set to explode

The Age, 5 May 2007
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Australia's binge-drinking culture is a "ticking time bomb" threatening to overload the public health system within decades, health experts have warned.

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Alcohol: the problem

The Age, 5 May 2007
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Alcohol has become an intrinsic part of the national character but Australia's cultural love affair with booze is jeopardising the country's health and taking a large chunk out of its hip pocket.

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Alcohol: the solution

The Age, 5 May 2007
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There is a recurring problem in the attempt to reduce alcohol harm. "What's popular doesn't work and what works isn't popular," according to internationally renowned alcohol policy researcher Professor Robin Room, the president of the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia.

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Surviving the slow suicide of substance abuse

Publication: The Age
Section: My Career
Page: 30

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It takes a special type of person to help those who have hit rock bottom. Amanda Place reports.

RECRUITING professionals to help those with brain injuries - acquired through alcohol- and drug-related substance abuse - can be problematic, according to the executive director of an organisation assisting those whose lives have been irreversibly and tragically changed.

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