ALCOHOLISM
Prohibition in Northern Canada
Alcohol is strictly regulated and widely prohibited in Canada's youngest territory, Nunavut. We went there to explore the issue of prohibition and whether it's helping or hurting the territory's social crises.
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John Bonham reportedly had 16 vodka shots for breakfast, but doctors say that for most people that "meal" would be a suicide attempt.
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The guys who protect the president are having a rough autumn.
OK, so I Have a Drinking Problem
I drink until there is nothing left to drink, and then I often drink some more.
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Getting Drunk Off a Humidifier Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be
Apparently inhaling vodka out of a humidifier is a cheap, shitty, ineffective way of getting drunk.
'Drunk Mum' Tells Us What It's Like to Raise a Kid As an Alcoholic
When alcoholism and motherhood coincide.
Why Is the US Secret Service So Drunk All the Time?
An agent passing out drunk in a hotel hallway in the Netherlands is only the latest in a series of booze-fueled scandals.
Congress's Drug Problem - Trey Radel Is the Latest in a Long Line of Addicts
Trey Radel isn't the first Congressman to take drugs and probably won't be the last.