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Drunk Drivers Show Risky Lifetime Drinking Habits

(6/26/2012)

By Amy Norton
Reuters
June 21, 2012

Many people convicted of drunk driving may have a lifelong struggle with risky drinking habits, a new study suggests. In interviews with 700 adults with a drunk-driving conviction, researchers found nearly half had either been drinking heavily for the long haul, or had fallen back into heavy drinking after trying to cut down for a time.

View the full article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-drunk-driversbre85k19q-20120621,0,5379702.story


Keywords: drunk, drivers, risky, lifetime, drinking, habits



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