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Is drinking good for you in any way? If not, why is alcohol legal for adults?

  • Written by Margie Skeer, Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine; Weiner Hailey Family Professor, Tufts University
imageBeer, wine and hard liquor are causing nearly 100,000 U.S. deaths a year.AP Photo/Rick Bowmerimage

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