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Hazardous drinking: research finds that 40% of people over 50 drink too much

  • Written by Andy Towers, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, Massey University
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Mention hazardous drinking and most of us imagine teenagers or students getting drunk, causing havoc and filling our emergency departments on a Friday night.

But what if I told you that we should be just as worried about how much our parents and...

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